Industries

Fresh guidance by the peak legal body in NSW in response to major developments in climate law impacts lawyers advising on real estate deals, who face potential negligence claims for failing to warn clients of the emerging risks.

Western Australia has introduced legislation that will allow it to fast-track major projects, as it aims for a more "coordinated, strategic" approach to infrastructure and energy transition investments.

The developer of a 683-lot project in Glenmore Park, NSW has lost its bid to strike out parts of a class action by owners and investors alleging the land on which the development sits is unsuitable for residential construction.

A judge has expressed frustration over the fourth discovery fight this year in Fortescue’s trade secrets case against Element Zero, as the green iron startup claims its bigger rival is trying to drag out the litigation.

The financial crimes regulator has trimmed its case against the operator of online gambling sites Ladbrokes and Neds, UK-based Entain, alleging “systemic failure” to comply with its anti-money laundering obligations. 

In the latest chapter of a feud between billionaires Fritz Kundrun and Hans Mende, the co-founders of global commodities firm AMCI, a court has found the sacking of the group's Australian managing director was invalid.

An appeals court has thrown out challenges by three mining giants to a Fair Work Commission decision that requires them to bargain together with a group of employees and their union.

A shareholder class action over BHP’s disclosures about a Brazilian dam that collapsed 10 years ago has settled for $110 million on the eve of trial, one of a handful of class actions to settle for over $100 million. 

A judge has rejected all but two claims by ASIC in a suit against car finance provider Money3 and criticised how the regulator ran its case, saying it had consumed an "inordinate and disproportionate amount of the judicial and administrative resources of the court".

Saint Gobain-owned CSR has hit back at building insulation distributor Consolidated Energy's claims it engaged in anti-competitive conduct by increasing its prices during COVID-19, saying the cost increases were due to events beyond its control.