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Herbert Smith Freehills wins costs against United for ‘meritless’ IPO case
Securities 2018-09-25 9:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Herbert Smith Freehills has won a ruling that puts United Petroleum on the hook for the costs — on an indemnity basis — of the law firm’s defence against a case that was, according to a judge Tuesday, “devoid of merit”.

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Rio Tinto unit can keep $86M owed to Forge Group in set-off win
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-09-24 4:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

A unit of Rio Tinto has won an appeal allowing it to avoid an $86 million payment owed to failed mining services company Forge Group Power.

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Director booted from board for missed meetings loses court challenge
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-09-24 1:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A director of an energy company who was kicked off the board of directors for missing too many meetings has lost a Federal Court challenge to his dismissal.

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WorkPac, other labour hire cos. face class actions by casual miners
Employment 2018-09-21 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Four labour hire companies are the new targets of class actions by thousands of casual miners who claim they were entitled to accrued leave in the wake of a landmark court ruling.

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Clive Palmer wins bid to have judge recuse himself
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-09-17 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mining tycoon Clive Palmer has succeeded in having a Queensland Supreme Court judge recused from a trial over the 2016 collapse of Queensland Nickel.

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AFP brings foreign bribery charges
White Collar 2018-09-14 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Sydney executive of a company specialising in trading rock phosphate has been charged with conspiring to bribe foreign officials in Nauru.

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Native title challenge to Adani’s Carmichael mine not over
Appeals 2018-09-13 1:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

A native title challenge to Adani Mining’s controversial $16 billion development of the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland has been revived, with a group of Indigenous Australians appealing a ruling that tossed their case.

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ACCC approves $13B acquisition of Australian energy giant
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-12 10:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has said it will permit a $13 billion acquisition of Australian energy infrastructure business APA Group by a Hong Kong group of companies after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking.

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Adani faces $2.7M fine over spill at Abbot Point coal terminal
Environment 2018-09-05 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Adani Group subsidiary is facing a fine of up to $2.7 million in an enforcement action by Queensland’s environment regulator over an unauthorised discharge of sediment water from its Abbot Point Coal terminal.

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Latest BHP class action features novel funding arrangement
Class Actions 2018-09-02 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn has filed its promised class action against BHP Billiton over the Brazilian dam collapse, and the case puts a twist on typical funding arrangements, with the law firm looking to earn what it dubs a “litigation services fee” for financing the case itself.

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