Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has lost its bid to avoid producing documents to Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock after a judge rejected arguments the Rinehart children were abusing the court’s processes in a long-running dispute over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched an international arbitration hub in Melbourne to service the firm’s clients along the Asia-Australia corridor.
An appeals court has dismissed an appeal from two contractors who worked on Chevron’s Gorgon gas field project who allege they were underpaid over $130 million by the energy giant.
Hancock Prospecting has lost a bid to shut down court cases brought by fellow mining giants Wright Prospecting and DFD Rhodes until the outcome of a family arbitration, after a judge found the company’s own forensic choices made the risk of inconsistent decisions inevitable.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether an Australian court’s recognition of a $375 million international arbitration award against the kingdom of Spain violated the sovereign immunity doctrine.
Viterra has lost its battle to maintain freezing orders against two Australian business as it seeks to enforce an $18.7 million arbitration award against a related but separate Chinese company.
The NSW Court of Appeal has refused to grant Bianca Rinehart leave to appeal a decision staying a lawsuit against her mother Gina Rinehart over ownership of a $4 billion family trust.
US law firm White & Case has bolstered its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the appointment of international arbitration lawyer Lee Carroll as a partner in Melbourne.
A class action has been filed on behalf of major retailers seeking compensation over a May 2020 incident on the MV APL England vessel which saw valuable goods en route to Australia damaged or lost overboard during rough weather.
Freedom Foods’ dispute with Blue Diamond Growers over an almond licensing deal will be heard by an arbitrator in California after an appeals court rejected the company’s plea for an Australian judge to determine the case.