Most Recent
Clive Palmer ends legal battle with Coolum Resort villa owners
Billionaire Clive Palmer has reached a deal to end his many legal woes with villa owners at the shuttered Palmer Coolum Resort in Queensland, a month after his $21 million settlement offer was rejected.
Grocon ‘reluctantly’ puts construction biz into administration
Property developer Grocon has "reluctantly" put its construction business into administration, blaming the NSW government's handling of the Central Barangaroo development project which has sparked a $270 million lawsuit in the NSW Supreme Court.
Santos lawsuit against Fluor over gas project rests on ‘shaky assumption’, appeals court says
An appeals court has shot down oil and gas giant Santos' bid for expanded discovery against engineering company Fluor, finding that the application was "akin to a fishing expedition" that was based on "a shaky assumption" by lawyers from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Thiess loses appeal in unpaid wages class action
Mining services company Thiess has lost its challenge to a class action ruling which found the company had underpaid workers for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
Clive Palmer’s lawyer doubtful McGowan defamation suit can settle in mediation
A barrister for billionaire Clive Palmer has expressed doubt that the mining magnate's defamation case against Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan can be resolved in mediation.
High Court dismisses Clive Palmer’s challenge to WA’s COVID-19 border restrictions
Billionaire Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to Western Australia's COVID-19 border lockdown, with the High Court tossing the case after finding the state's measures were constitutionally valid.
‘Urgent action had to be taken’: Court tosses challenge to Victoria’s COVID-19 curfew
The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by restaurant owner and Liberal member Michelle Loielo challenging the validity of the Victoria government's now dropped COVID-19 curfew, with a judge finding that the measure was legal and "proportionate to the purpose of protecting public health".
Judge ‘troubled’ by firm’s bid to add client’s brother-in-law to $745,000 fee spat
A judge has criticised a law firm that is suing its former client, Melbourne cafe Barfly's, for $745,000 in legal fees after the firm sought to join the brother-in-law of Barfly's owner Tony Hachem to the case.
Clive Palmer’s $21M offer to drop 14 lawsuits rejected by Coolum villa owners as ‘insane’
An offer by billionaire Clive Palmer to pay $21 million for all remaining shares in villas at the Palmer Coolum Resort in Queensland and drop 14 lawsuits over resort ownership has been rejected by villa owners.