Corrs Chambers Westgarth

A judge has frozen a DOCA for failed mining company Mine & Rail's Australian business, the latest chapter in a dispute with US investor Tacora Capital, which has sued in the US alleging the company concealed its deteriorating financial position while securing more than US$30 million in funding.

Dexus' decision to resist an undertaking as part of a deal to temporarily block the compulsory sale of its shares in airport operator APAC has been criticised by a judge for resulting in an "appalling waste" of cost and time.

Hugo Boss has failed in its challenge to jeweller Monizi's 'with Bossa' trade mark, after an IP Australia delegate found a consumer of ordinary intelligence would distinguish it from the German fashion label's brand.

Explosives maker Orica is poised to move forward with construction on a renewable hydrogen facility in the Hunter Valley that has received hundreds of millions of dollars from the government, which hopes to export renewable hydrogen and ammonia from the hub.

A judge has allowed a 50 per cent fee uplift for counsel in an epic fight over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region, but says the hourly fees of solicitors from the likes of Allens, Clayton Utz and Corrs were already well above market rate.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has followed other firms in bolstering its projects offering with its latest partner promotions, with two of the firm's four new partners boasting expertise on complex energy and infrastructure projects.

Defence lawyers are bracing for a wave of class actions over companies’ use of generative artificial intelligence, with privacy, discrimination, consumer, product liability and shareholder claims expected.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has followed other firms in bolstering its projects offering with its latest partner promotions, with two of the firm's four new partners boasting expertise on complex energy and infrastructure projects.

The owners of Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine in Queensland are appealing a $30 million win for contractor BUMA, and have won their bid to challenge subsequent costs orders.