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ASIC looks to strike out Clive Palmer’s ‘incredibly weak’ case
ASIC 2025-08-22 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

ASIC is again seeking to strike out mining magnate Clive Palmer’s lawsuit over examinations conducted by the regulator, with Palmer claiming the pleadings are “crystal clear”.

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Enviro group’s challenge to Woodside’s $16.5B Scarborough gas project fails
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-22 11:30 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has found no legal error in a regulator’s decision to approve Woodside’s environmental plan for its Scarborough gas project in Western Australia, finding the company was not required to specify what would be an acceptable level of emissions.

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CIP Group seeks to amend case over $30M Brisbane development
Construction 2025-07-17 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Developer CIP Group is fighting opposition to its bid to amend its claims in oppression proceedings brought against entities associated with a 600-lot environmentally friendly residential development in a Brisbane suburb.

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Challenge to Woodside’s $16B Scarborough gas project in public interest, court says
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-10 11:06 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Recovery of legal costs has been capped in a case over Woodside’s $16.5 billion Scarborough gas venture that will give the Federal Court the first chance to weigh whether an environment plan complies with the law.

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‘An order is an order’: Judge scolds ASIC for failing to file defence in Palmer case
ASIC 2025-05-09 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A lawyer for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been grilled by a Federal Court judge for failing to file a defence in Clive Palmer’s case against the corporate watchdog.

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Salter Brothers defeats clients’ suits over ‘misleading’ visa investment fund
Financial Services 2025-02-19 3:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed lawsuits brought by three former Salter Brothers clients alleging they were misled about an investment fund marketed as part of a visa program to migrate to Australia.

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Bakers Delight challenges reverse onus finding in Fair Work case
Employment 2025-01-22 5:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Bakers Delight has filed a challenge to a finding that it was subject to a statutory reverse onus aimed at employers, in a Fair Work Ombudsman underpayments case against a franchisee.

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Company linked to major Melbourne developer loses winding up fight
Tax 2025-01-18 3:59 am By Andy Sidler

Maxcon Developments, which allegedly owes $23 million in unpaid tax, has lost its bid to stay orders winding up the business, with a judge deeming the company “hopelessly insolvent”.

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Ex-Linchpin director loses appeal of $150,000 penalty
Appeals 2024-09-24 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The director of collapsed investment firm Linchpin Capital has lost his challenge to a $150,000 penalty, with an appeals court dismissing his arguments as “carping criticism”.

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Judge OKs $100M AMP class action settlement, denies ATE insurance deduction
Class Actions 2024-09-10 1:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $100 million settlement by AMP in a class action by financial planners over the wealth manager’s buyer of last resort policy has been given the OK, but the litigation funder won’t be reimbursed for $2.6 million in insurance and administrative costs.

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