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A judge has thrown out proceedings brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer in which he alleged an abuse of process by prosecutors and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, finding that Palmer’s suits were themselves a “misuse of proceedings.”
A Queensland silk who was subjected to comments by the late Judge Guy Andrew that an appeals court later deemed cruel and humiliating has been barred from practice after allegedly appearing in court without a practising certificate.
A prominent criminal lawyer has been charged with supplying millions of dollars in criminal proceeds as part of a $4.5 million money laundering scheme.
Education superannuation fund NGS Super has filed a trade mark lawsuit against Australian blockchain mining company NGS Crypto, claiming it failed to comply with a promise to rebrand and continues to profit at the fund’s expense.
A judge has ordered Shine Lawyers to pay indemnity costs in a side dispute over an “objectionable” subpoena the firm issued five days before trial was set to start in a personal injury case over alleged sexual abuse at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery has lost its appeal of a decision ordering it pay $26.6 million for natural gas charges owed after a court rejected claims it did not need to repay the money because pipeline owners had breached their duties.
A judge has found that Telstra cannot be held liable for the sexually harassing conduct of a former employee who allegedly accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of harassment against his next-door neighbours.
A judge has rejected a bid by Clive Palmer-owned Palmer Leisure Australia to throw out legal action by the Electoral Commission of Queensland over donations the golf course management company made to Palmer’s United Australia Party in 2020.
A judge who has granted a lawyer leave to appear in proceedings via audio visual link has warned the legal profession that courts are expecting to “return to normal” and that tolerance for remote hearings has “come to an end”.
Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy has lost a bid to stay an expert determination process in a royalties dispute with Adani, with a judge ruling that the court should not “lightly disregard” decisions to resolve disputes by expert determination rather than court-based litigation.