Northern Star’s $1.3 billion Hemi gold project in the Pilbara is facing a challenge to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority’s decision to green light the project.
Law firm Holding Redlich has bolstered its workplace and safety practice with the appointment of two senior lawyers from Moray & Agnew.
A court has permanently stayed a case by a founding director of solar developer Sun Bred, saying that if the company was forced to defend the suit, there would be less than $71,000 left to meet the exec’s $8.5 million claim.
Dyldam Developments’ former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons have been ordered to pay over $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle claiming company funds were misused.
A superintendent on a $25 million Melbourne project had no power to make an adjustment to a payment claim for purported cost overruns that left the builder owing more than the value of its claim, a judge has held.
Irish renewable energy developer DP Energy has announced plans to develop a 1,400 WM wind farm in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, citing the project site’s “optimal wind speeds” and distance from dwellings.
The body corporates for beachfront blocks on the Gold Coast have failed in their bid to knock back two land valuations by a combined $28 million, with a Land Court member finding oceanfront land fetches a higher premium.
Casino operator Crown has agreed to pay $73 million over two years to settle a shareholder class action accusing it of lax money laundering compliance, with solicitors set to take home $20 million.
A court has found that United Petroleum is not bound by the terms of a signed lease offer sent to a neighbouring Gold Coast pharmacy operator, ruling the company’s property consultant had no authority to negotiate or enter into a new lease on its behalf.
A racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory government and its police commissioner could “call into question” policing across the territory, a judge has said.