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A judge has ordered a Gold Coast developer to honour two off-the-plan apartment contracts, finding it could not rely on sunset clauses to terminate the agreements.

The battle over compensation for Fortescue Metals' Solomon Hub iron ore project continues, with the Yinjibarndi people of Western Australia's Pilbara region taking its case to an appeals court.

A judge has rejected a pastoral and agricultural land manager's bid to have a $556,000 cross-claim sent to arbitration, saying it waited too long to invoke its rights to arbitrate.

A director of defunct Arrium has told a court he didn't believe it was necessary to revisit the steelmaker's iron ore price assumption before approving the company's 2014 accounts, even after the price fell significantly.

The Fair Work Commission has released a new guidance on the use of AI, requiring that litigants disclose their use of the technology, verify the accuracy of all facts and case law and any witness statements.

A law firm that ran a consumer class action by franchisees will recover less than a third of the costs it incurred in running the case after a small settlement was reached.

A former director of collapsed over-the-counter derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities has filed an appeal after he was sentenced to 23 months' prison for misusing company funds.

Class action firms reaping the benefits of contingency fees should brace for more high-dollar security for costs applications, on top of the reputational risks of having their finances aired in court, defence lawyers told Lawyerly. 

Shine Lawyers has written down its work in progress and disbursements by $13 million from a class action after an "unexpected" judgment, it said Friday, a week before the release of its 2026 financial year results.

Potentia Capital co-founder Tim Reed has told the Federal Court settlement negotiations with former partner Andrew Joyce were in "flux" and never finalised, in a case by Joyce seeking to enforce the terms of the agreement.