Japan-based Mitsui has sued Esso Australia and Woodside Energy, its partners in the Kipper gas field in the Bass Strait, disputing their claims that it owes $298 million in taxes and alleging it overpaid fees to the tune of $20.3 million.
Lander & Rogers is relocating its Sydney office from Pitt Street to a reimagined 33 Alfred Street in Circular Quay, reflecting the law firm’s growth in the city’s legal market.
Eastlink operator ConnectEast has lost its bid for restitutionary interest after a judge found CityLink’s operator overcharged tens of millions of dollars in toll roaming fees.
Charter Hall has expanded its convenience retail portfolio, acquiring the Chullora Marketplace 14 kilometers southwest of Sydney’s CBD for $145 million.
Johnson Winter Slattery has lured a real estate partner with 15 years of experience from Mills Oakley.
The applicant in a class action by former RAMS franchisees can’t intervene in proceedings by ASIC against the defunct Westpac mortgage unit, with a judge finding the outcome of the ASIC case will not affect the class action.
A judge has questioned why group members in a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts must wait until mid-2026 to receive the first slice of a $73 million settlement, which has already been paid by the casino operator.
A judge has hit Mayfair Group director James Mawhinney with 15-year injunctions, after finding he took a “cavalier attitude to compliance” in marketing notes tied to Mission Beach properties in Queensland.
A class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme has settled for $548.5 million, the largest class action settlement in Australia’s history, on the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report released after the class action originally settled for $112 million.
A jury has convicted Perth businessman Chris Marco of defrauding six investors out of $34 million, but acquitted his former executive assistant.
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