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Tiwi Islanders to file new bid to block Santos’ Barossa drilling
Tiwi Islanders will file a new application to prevent drilling continuing on Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa gas project after losing a challenge to stop the energy giant from beginning work on the first sea well.
Mineralogy can’t take royalties dispute with Adani to court
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.
Mayfair 101 reaches settlement with IPO Wealth Holdings liquidators
Mayfair 101 has settled with liquidators of collapsed IPO Wealth Holdings after they won a bid to re-examine former director James Mawhinney over the transfer of “considerable funds and assets” from the fund to other entities.
Funder backing multiple cases against Deloitte can’t access docs in Noumi class action
Deloitte has won its bid to keep confidential documents away from the funder backing a consolidated shareholder class against food company Noumi which alleges the auditor was complicit in misleading the market.
Suncorp to pay $33M in super class action settlement
The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.
Lane Cove tunnel operator can add claims to $300M case against builders
A judge has granted a bid by the operator of Sydney’s billion-dollar Lane Cove tunnel to add a new claim in the five-year-old dispute alleging the concrete lining used in construction was defective.
Penalty in ACCC case against Uber off by more than $20M, judge says
A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant's misleading conduct appeared to be "trivial".
ASIC can pursue defunct funeral insurer in case of ‘clear public interest’
A judge has given ASIC the green light to continue proceedings against a defunct funeral insurer which allegedly misled Aboriginal customers about being Indigenous-owned and claims that its products were specifically beneficial for First Nations people.
Receivers get court OK to sell Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights mansion
A judge has allowed receivers to sell the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick without any distribution of proceeds, saying the sale “should take place post-haste”.
Court refuses admission to would-be solicitor with child exploitation convictions
An appeals court has found that a hopeful solicitor and self-described pornography addict is not suitable for admission to the roll, in light of several child exploitation convictions for possessing images and videos that “fell within the worst categories of such material.”