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Court approves settlement in Santos class action over travel allowances for casuals
Class Actions 2020-07-10 4:58 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A court has signed off on a settlement of a class action brought against oil and gas giant Santos by a group of Indigenous Australians who claimed they were misled about their entitlement to receive certain travel allowances while working as casual cultural heritage monitors for the company.

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Queensland Nickel liquidators appeal $100M loss in case against Clive Palmer
Appeals 2020-07-08 7:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidators of Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel are appealing a win for the billionaire in their case over the collapse of the refinery in 2016, which centred on $102 million in loans allegedly paid by Queensland Nickel to Palmer’s Mineralogy.

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Maddens slammed for fee disclosures in bushfire class action
Class Actions 2020-07-06 2:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Maddens has once again been criticised for its non-compliant costs agreements, three months after receiving similar feedback from a Victoria Supreme Court judge overseeing the firm’s bushfire class actions.

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Ken Talbot’s widow denied separate privilege trial in negligence case against Arnold Bloch Leibler
Business of Law 2020-06-24 8:34 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The widow of mining billionaire Ken Talbot has been denied a separate trial to answer questions of privilege in her negligence lawsuit against law firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Boyd Legal for their handling of her late husband’s estate, which she claims resulted in tens of millions of dollars in losses.

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Ex-Quantum Resources CEO charged with insider trading
White Collar 2020-06-23 5:46 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The former company director and CEO of gold exploration company Quantum Resources has been charged with insider trading.

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Landmark lawsuit filed against Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Mine over climate change concerns
Environment 2020-06-19 5:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

A group of Queensland youths and rural landowners are suing Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal for alleged human rights breaches over concerns the company’s Galilee Coal project may fuel dangerous climate change that puts their futures at risk.

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Energy companies face $1B class action over alleged ‘bidding games’
Class Actions 2020-06-18 10:15 am By Alison Eveleigh

Queensland’s two largest electricity generators are facing a potential class action over alleged “bidding games” designed to artificially inflate consumers’ electricity bills.

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Judge won’t recuse himself from patent case against Globaltech, Boart Longyear
Intellectual Property 2020-06-12 10:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has rejected calls by mining tool company Globaltech and driller Boart Longyear to disqualify himself from hearing a patent infringement case against them, despite ruling in an earlier proceeding that the patent was valid and that Globaltech had infringed it.

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Clive Palmer defeats $100M in claims by Queensland Nickel liquidator
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-06-03 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Clive Palmer has defeated over $100 million in claims brought by the liquidator of Queensland Nickel over the $200 million collapse of the the mining company in 2016, with the Queensland politician threatening a possible lawsuit against the liquidator and the funder that backed the claims, Vannin Capital.

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High Court won’t hear East Timor’s request to shut down $328M dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-06-01 10:37 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will not weigh in on a jurisdictional challenge by the Democratic Republic of East Timor to a lawsuit brought by Australian oil and gas company Lighthouse Corporation over $328 million in alleged losses stemming from a failed fuel supply agreement.

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