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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.
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.
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has struck back at a defamation lawsuit by Clive Palmer, filing a counterclaim accusing the mining magnate of making a number of defamatory statements, including that he was a "liar" involved in "covering up" illegal activity.
Australian mining company Mineral Commodities has settled its contractual dispute with international garnet supplier GMA Garnet, which has agreed to pay around $23 million and purchase almost one million tonnes of mineral sands.
Human resource management company Harrier Group has been sued by its former managing director and CEO, who alleges she was bullied and overworked.
Hotel quarantines and mandatory masks are less effective than Western Australia's border closure in controlling the health risks of a COVID-19 outbreak, a judge has ruled in a win for the state as it defends its strict pandemic-battling measures against a constitutional challenge by billionaire Clive Palmer.
A subsidiary of US mining giant Cleveland-Cliffs has fought back a second bid to quash its counterclaim for lost profits in a contractual dispute over the lucrative Koolyanobbing iron ore mine, with the Western Australia Court of Appeal saying the claim was not "clearly untenable" as argued.
A judge overseeing mining magnate Clive Palmer's challenge to border closures by Western Australia and Queensland has delayed a hearing in the case for two weeks as WA's expert responds to an urgent call for help from Victoria, which has seen a record surge in coronavirus cases.
A judge has ordered WA-based Quantum Housing Group to pay $700,000 and its sole director another $50,000 after finding the company misled investors in the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
The first-past-the-post principle applies to enforcement of settlements in collective actions over a 2014 bushfire in Western Australia, a judge has held, in a ruling that could have ramifications for all class actions.