Queensland

A judge has ordered a Mills Oakley partner to pay his former law firm over $300,000 after finding he had overdrawn his share of the partnership income.

Clive Palmer's fugitive nephew and one-time Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink has been found guilty of contempt for failing to comply with orders for him to be examined by liquidators.

Holding Redlich has hired six new lawyers, including two partners, to bolster its dispute resolution practice in Melbourne and Brisbane.

An appeals court has ruled that Heran Group's York Property can call on $6.4 million in bank guarantees in its dispute with builder Tomkins, which alleges that a $17.5 million payment certificate issued under a contract to build a 119-Gold Coast residential tower was not authorised.

A judge has largely refused a bid by DGR Global to amend its “tortured” case against Baker McKenzie and others for a fourth time, calling the changes "renovations rather than mere repair". 

Engineering company Gulf Civil has lost a challenge to an adjudicator's payment claim decision after arguing an  agreement to hire equipment from K & F Group did not constitute a construction contract.

An environmental authority for Peabody's majority-owned Coppabella coal mine in Queensland should require the owners to obtain Aboriginal party input for a post-mine rehabilitation plan, a judge has said.

Energy infrastructure company APA Group will invest approximately $1.015 billion to develop and take an 80 per cent ownership stake in the 400-megawatt Brigalow Peaking power plant in Queensland.

A class action over the collapse of asset manager Blue Sky has been ordered to pay $630,000 in security for the costs incurred by the respondents in defending against the claims of insider trading.

The Queensland Court of Appeal has thrown out a case by a local cricket club that sought to challenge a regional council's decision over a park lease, a case it said was a lesson in the perils of using AI instead of lawyers.