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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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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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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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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.
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.
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.
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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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”.
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”.
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.