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Protest class action loses bid for confidential information from Victoria Police
Class Actions 2024-04-19 3:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Victoria Police over its use of capsicum spray against protesters has lost its bid to uncover confidential information about police crowd […]

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Acciona hit with second suit over $511M waste-to-energy plant
Construction 2024-04-18 2:37 pm By Sam Matthews

The entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth has filed a second lawsuit against Acciona, accusing the Spanish infrastructure giant of withholding $38.6 million in bank guarantees to use as leverage in unrelated disputes about the troubled project.

Court OKs BHP’s coal mine extension, accepts ruling will ‘dismay’ climate change activists
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-17 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has given the green light to BHPā€™s bid to extend a Queensland coal mine over the objections of an environmental lobby group, saying […]

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Law firm will try to claim funder’s cut as damages in Murray Darling class action
Class Actions 2024-04-12 10:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against the Murray Darling Basin Authority over alleged negligent water management is seeking to claim a funderā€™s commission as damages after a […]

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MinterEllison loses head of climate group to advisory firm
Environment 2024-04-11 10:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Investment and advisory firm Pollination Group has poached a leading climate lawyer who led MinterEllison’s global climate practice group to bolster its offering of cutting […]

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Genuine redundancy exception to unfair dismissal not a given, court says
Employment 2024-04-10 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The allowance for genuine redundancies is ā€œnot absoluteā€ and employers need to consider measures to redeploy workers, including retraining, an appeals court has said in […]

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Mining company Tigers Realm breached Russian sanctions, court finds
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-10 12:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Coal mining company Tigers Realm breached Russian sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine by transporting coal within Russia before exportation to the Asian market, a […]

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Environmental Defenders Office may face costs in Barossa pipeline case against Santos
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-05 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Santos wants four activist organisations to hand up any communications with the Environmental Defenders Office over its unsuccessful challenge to the construction of a pipeline […]

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‘Real lack of care’: Judge scolds class action firm over costs dispute with funder
Class Actions 2024-04-04 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A bid by the law firm behind a settled class action against Hays Recruitment to increase a cap on costs to settle a spat with […]

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JWS recruits ESG expert from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Business of Law 2024-04-03 12:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Johnson Winter Slattery has snagged a special counsel from Corrs Chambers Westgarth to meet heightened demand for advice on climate change, sustainability and ESG issues. […]

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