Justice Elisabeth Peden

Glencore has failed on appeal in a case against Port of Newcastle, with an appeals court finding the coal company could not rely on submissions in litigation leading up to a final determination of the port's access charges.

The former lawyer for Broken Hill Council, who was ordered to return over $2 million in unauthorised fees, has been socked with a $1 million order for indemnity costs for “exceptional” conduct in a case over his firm's rates.

A Sydney law firm’s bill has been dramatically cut after a court found it charged the Broken Hill Council excessive hourly rates and an unauthorised uplift fee

Acciona has won $2.1 million from Zurich Insurance and two other insurers in a case alleging it was entitled to indemnity after severe weather events damaged work on the Bruce Highway project in Queensland. 

A judge has allowed the owners of a North Bondi property to tender four expert reports past their due date in a six-year-old building dispute, dismissing Ronca Constructions' claim that lawyers for the owners had lacked candour.

Litigation funder ILP has brought action against an investment firm over the company's contention that it breached an agreement to finance a patent case against Apple, describing the dispute as an attempt by law firm Gilbert + Tobin to claw back almost $1 million in fees. 

New lawyers have stepped in to represent Rebel Wilson in defamation proceedings linked to her film 'The Deb', after the actress fired her lawyers ahead of a planned hearing last week.

Actress Rebel Wilson has fired lawyers who were representing her in NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court defamation proceedings linked to her film 'The Deb'.

Its evidence was ruled inadmissible and it briefed new counsel, but that doesn't entitle the owners corporation of a Sydney apartment building to more details of Max Build's contract case, a judge has said.

Crown Resorts has lost a fight against a proposal by funders for iProsperity Group's liquidators to put up an after-the-event insurance policy as security for costs in a case that seeks to recover $55 million in gambling losses.