The liquidators for landbanking company Aviation 3030 can recover half of a $3.4 million landholder duty from a former director, after a judge found they reaped benefits from indirect ownership in land sold for $135 million in 2018.
Mineralogy has lost its bid for expanded discovery from CITIC in a case seeking to compel the Clive Palmer-owned tenement owner to file expansion proposals allegedly needed to maintain production at a Pilbara iron mine.
Law firm HFW has welcomed former Herbert Smith Freehills energy M&A partner Graeme Gamble to its Perth office.
3M is now facing two class actions in Victoria, after being hit with a case on behalf of ADF members who claim they suffered hearing loss from using defective combat earplugs.
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.
A Melbourne couple whose defamation claims against an AFP commander were thrown out by a jury has had their appeal rejected.
Australia’s peak legal body has come out in support of the Albanese government’s gender equality targets bill, but called for guidance on what is a “reasonable excuse” for non-compliance.
Unions involved in Sydney’s rail worker pay dispute have agreed to pause all industrial action and revive negotiations with the NSW government on a new enterprise agreement.
Chemical manufacturer 3M is facing a class action alleging it sold products containing hazardous materials known as PFAS without disclosing the risks they posed.
Global law firm Jones Day has recruited two corporate partners from rival Hogan Lovells to join its transactions team in Sydney.