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Rio Tinto unit wins stay in dispute with government over Jabiluka mine lease
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-08 10:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has granted Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources Australia an interim stay to allow it to contest the government’s decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.

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High Court won’t hear promoter’s spat with Nine unit over One Direction tour
Entertainment 2024-08-12 11:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has denied the special leave application of a Sydney concert promoter seeking a cut of the profits earned by Nine unit TEG Live for promoting a 2013 Australian tour with English-Irish boy band One Direction. In orders handed down on Thursday, the High Court declined promoter Mark Filby’s bid for review of…

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Aristocrat rival can’t dodge discovery in spat over Lighting Link trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2024-08-08 11:37 am By Andy Sidler

Gaming giant Aristocrat has defeated a challenge by Light & Wonder to discovery orders it won for a possible lawsuit alleging two former employees who jumped ship to its rival misused confidential information about its popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.

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Lehrmann’s barrister told Reynolds sharing trial transcript ‘wasn’t appropriate’, court hears
Defamation 2024-08-07 2:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has testified that counsel for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann told her it “wasn’t appropriate” to share the transcript from criminal proceedings against his client, which Reynolds sought to aid in her defence of civil claims by Brittany Higgins.

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Allens, Harmers in crosshairs of Super Retail’s feud with former chief legal officer
Employment 2024-08-07 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Super Retail Group has made a bid to disqualify the solicitors of its former chief legal officer, who has sued the company to enforce an alleged settlement. But the Rebel Sport owner may have to defend a duelling application to disqualify its own solicitors, from Big Six firm Allens.

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Senator Reynolds claims ignorance of ‘legal nicety’ over leaked letter about Higgins’ claim
Defamation 2024-08-07 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has admitted that she leaked a confidential letter from the Commonwealth’s solicitors to a reporter at The Australian concerning Brittany Higgins’ claims about the handling of her rape allegations, calling the letter’s confidentiality a “legal nicety” that she didn’t understand.

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Element Zero’s timeline for green iron prototype suspect, Fortescue engineer tells court
Intellectual Property 2024-08-07 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

It would only have been possible for start-up Element Zero to deliver an operational green iron prototype in two years with its assumed funding with the help of a “substantial amount of information” on how the project should progress, metals giant Fortescue claims.

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Quintis class action settlement sum revealed, rival funder wants piece
Class Actions 2024-08-07 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A $13.5 million settlement has been reached in a Gadens-led class action against former Quintis director Frank Wilson, and the funder of a rival class action is preparing to seek a chunk of the sum in what a judge has called a “most unusual circumstance”.

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High Court says duty of care for economic loss can arise only if company assumes responsibility
Class Actions 2024-08-07 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action has lost its appeal to the High Court in a case alleging Advanta Seeds owed damages to farmers for the economic loss resulting from its negligence in producing contaminated grain sorghum seed, with the justices clarifying that a duty of care may be established only if responsibility is assumed.

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Founding member of Banco Chambers appointed judge on NSW Court of Appeal
Courts 2024-08-07 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A leading commercial barrister who was one the of the founding members of Banco Chambers has been appointed as a judge on the NSW Court of Appeal.

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