Delta Power & Energy, the owner of the Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW, will defend ASIC proceedings accusing it of manipulating the market for electricity futures contracts by arguing that it acted honestly.
A tribunal has awarded a tunneller who worked on major projects like the Lane Cove tunnel project a record $2.4 for dust-related injury, describing the safety breaches of Bennett’s employers over his 30-year career as “egregious”.
A community group has lost a legal challenge to a 50-60 km underground pipeline that will connect Santos’ $3.6 billion Narrabri gas project to the Hunter gas pipeline.
An appeals court has reversed a decision awarding $2.1 million to Calibre, the builder of the ‘Sky Gardens’ residential development in Ryde, finding developer Kalorizkio had validly offset the claim.
An expert will not be asked to determine a potential cross-claim by Downer EDI Rail in a dispute with John Holland over a rollingstock manufacturing facility being constructed in Torbanlea.
Slater & Gordon has lost its bid to summarily dismiss a negligence suit by a former human resources executive who claims she was wrongfully accused of sending a firm-wide email containing sensitive salary data.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost his challenge to a finding that that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins, with an appeals court going further in finding Lehrmann was not just recklessly indifferent to Higgins’ consent, but knew she was not consenting and “proceeded nonetheless”.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered labour hire firm Adecco to reinstate a pregnant worker who was unfairly dismissed from her role at an Amazon warehouse in Sydney after disclosing that she was seven weeks pregnant.
Liquidators of Falcon Capital have so far clawed back just $1.65 million of the $450 million invested in its failed First Guardian fund, and are holding out little hope for more than minimal further recoveries.
The AFL has won its bid to strike out occupational health and safety claims from a class action over its concussion management practices.