Ramsay Health Care has lost its challenge to development approval for a community health care services centre near its Greenslopes Hospital in Brisbane, with a court finding the centre would not interfere with the hospital’s operations.
Snowy Hydro has been joined to former senator and self-styled ‘transparency warrior’ Rex Patrick’s case seeking documents on the $12 billion Snowy 2.0 renewables project.
A funder that has refused to continue funding a class action over the WestConnex road project is also fighting the plaintiff’s bid to discontinue the case, with a judge calling the funder’s opposition “very problematic”.
The High Court will hear Uber’s $81 million fight with the NSW State Revenue Office, in a case that could clarify whether digital platform operators are on the hook for payroll tax.
Delta Power & Energy, the owner of the Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW, will defend ASIC proceedings accusing it of manipulating the market for electricity futures contracts by arguing that it acted honestly.
A tribunal has awarded a tunneller who worked on major projects like the Lane Cove tunnel project a record $2.4 for dust-related injury, describing the safety breaches of Bennett’s employers over his 30-year career as “egregious”.
A community group has lost a legal challenge to a 50-60 km underground pipeline that will connect Santos’ $3.6 billion Narrabri gas project to the Hunter gas pipeline.
An appeals court has reversed a decision awarding $2.1 million to Calibre, the builder of the ‘Sky Gardens’ residential development in Ryde, finding developer Kalorizkio had validly offset the claim.
An expert will not be asked to determine a potential cross-claim by Downer EDI Rail in a dispute with John Holland over a rollingstock manufacturing facility being constructed in Torbanlea.
A prominent silk renowned for his “intellectual precision” and “impeccable taste” has been sworn in as the newest judge of the NSW Supreme Court.