HWL Ebsworth and former partner Dennis Bluth have been hit with a new lawsuit in the Victorian Supreme Court after allegedly providing negligent advice regarding a development in south-west Sydney.
A judge has found there is a genuine dispute over an agreement for the recommissioning of Australian Pacific Coal’s Dartbrook coal mine in the Hunter Valley and refused to toss a suit alleging its ex-CEO breached her duty by entering into the agreement.
The former chief legal counsel of online travel agency Webjet is suing her former employer, claiming she was bullied, excluded from work and eventually sacked after raising concerns about the work history of its CEO.
Trial has kicked off in ASIC’s first-ever design and distribution suit over high-risk contracts for difference, after an in-principle agreement reached with investment company eToro fell through.
A judge wants answers on why builder Geocon has filed a $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments in the Federal Court, where a separate fight with its joint venture partners is playing out.
Centuria has locked in a 10-year lease with Tesla at an industrial site in Derrimut, Victoria and is considering developing another data centre near an existing Telstra facility in the state.
Mining giant Rio Tinto is considering ceasing operations at Australia’s largest aluminium smelter amid rising energy costs.
The ACCC has asked a judge to slap Queensland-based mining equipment company Qteq with a penalty of between $11 million and $13 million after he found the company and its chairman attempted to engage in cartel conduct.
An Ernst & Young tax partner who was terminated from the partnership over his involvement in a bar fight has lost his lawsuit against the firm, with a judge finding the partnership agreement extended to private conduct.
The builder and developer of Sydney’s ‘The Eliza’ apartment building have lost their challenge to a referee report that found it was reasonable for the owners to block them from rectifying defects.