The Port Authority of NSW has won its claim for public interest immunity over six cabinet documents in a suit by a defunct sand importer over a lease agreement for a mulit-user facility at Glebe Island, with a judge finding they had little forensic value.
A court has ordered a stay of proceedings in a Melbourne property dispute, saying whether it could hear the case “better” than VCAT, as alleged by builder Brocon, was not the point.
Gold exploration company Zuleika Gold has to produce a draft technical report to Vango Mining as it seeks “significant damages’ over a repudiated joint venture agreement, with a judge finding an affidavit from its solicitor put the report squarely in issue.
A construction company working on accommodation for Rio Tinto FIFO workers has won its bid to set aside a $1 million creditor’s demand by a subcontractor, with a judge finding the demand was an abuse of process.
Jetstar is seeking an initial trial on an issue it claims will be a “silver bullet” against a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The operator of a gym previously inside a Bankstown RSL club has scored a partial win on appeal against its new landlord, but has only received nominal damages of $10.
A judge has allowed Charter Hall to respond to developer Pro-Invest’s expert evidence in a case claiming $100 million in damages for the lost opportunity to build a 26-storey hotel in the Sydney CBD.
An appeals court has declined to revive a negligence case against a solicitor accused by a former client of failing to advise him on key clauses in a rescinded $1.7 million sale contract.
Mayne Pharma has said it may seek to shut out US drug maker Cosette’s expert evidence in proceedings over the purported termination of their $672 million merger.
Actor Rebel Wilson has been sued by a UK production company that co-produced her film The Deb, claiming she “deliberately undermined” the movie’s distribution.