Justice Debra Mullins

An appeals court has revived a legal challenge by traditional custodians against Adani’s Carmichael open cut coal mine in Queensland.

York Property has lost an appeal in a dispute with builder Tomkins over a payment claim for work on a Gold Coast high-rise, with the appeals court declining to set aside an adjudicator's decision that was later cut down to $12.7 million. 

Childcare provider G8 Education on Friday lost a challenge to a ruling that it cover the legal costs of its former chair, who faced criminal charges that were dropped in March.

Construction company Mossop has lost an appeal of a decision for concreter Contek, with an appeals court upholding a judgment accounting for all payment claims in the case, even those subject to agreement before trial.

An appeal against a ruling that the developer of a $55M Sunshine Coast residential complex could not set off a liquidated damages claim against builder Tomkins' pre-completion payment claim has been thrown out.

The developer of a suite of Holiday Inn Express hotels has succeeded in its appeal of a ruling that laid bare privileged material connected to its lawyers' bills.

The Queensland Court of Appeal has knocked back a challenge by jailed investment guru Dr Roger Munro to his conviction on three counts of fraud, which landed him a four-and-a-half month prison sentence.

An appeals court has found that barrister’s fees are not excluded as a recoverable outlay under worker’s compensation regulations.

Former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson has lost an appeal of a decision that found she was not unlawfully examined by the corporate regulator over the childcare company's $162 million hostile takeover bid for Affinity Education Group.

A group of Lloyd’s underwriters are off the hook for financial services company EP Financial Services' costs in an lawsuit over allegedly negligent financial advice, after an appeals court found the exclusions under the policy were valid.