Jackson McDonald

Martinus Rail's lawyers can't get an boost in their fees despite winning a fight against grain supply chain Co-Operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for the construction of a rail siding.

Martinus Rail has won its fight against grain supply chain Co-operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for building a rail siding in WA, with a judge finding that the deadline for responding to the claim began running from a Saturday.

A court has permanently stayed a case by a founding director of solar developer Sun Bred, saying that if the company was forced to defend the suit, there would be less than $71,000 left to meet the exec's $8.5 million claim. 

A guarantor of developer Westgem Investments can amend her claim against Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank related to the financing for a commercial development in Perth’s Raine Square.

Racing NSW has won access to documents that concern an alleged plan by its Victorian counterpart to exclude it from the thoroughbred racing industry as part of an alleged anti-competitive agreement with four other states.

The former directors of an Isreali life sciences company have been hit with $190,000 in damages after a judge found they maliciously defamed a former colleague in a series of ASX announcements and letters.

An appeals court has found law firm Squire Patton Boggs breached its contractual obligations but was not grossly negligent after it was dragged into a financial dispute over the $12.5 million refurbishment of a Western Australian gold processing plant.

Grant Thornton has won approval to a bring a cross-claim against Forge Group, just three months ahead of trial in the collapsed engineering company's case against the accounting firm and ten former directors for their alleged negligence in relation to its "uneconomic" purchase of CTEC in 2012.

A judge has slashed security for costs sought in a case brought by the liquidators of engineering and construction company Forge Group after the former directors targeted in the action failed to explain why they had retained multiple law firms.

Engineering firm GR Engineering Services has lost a negligence lawsuit brought against law firm Squire Patton Boggs seeking damages from an alleged breach of contract relating to the $12.5 million refurbishment of a gold processing plant in Davyhurst, Western Australia.