Clayton Utz

Ashurst Perkins Coie has brought on a recently promoted partner from Clayton Utz to grow its litigation practice.

Inpex says damages against AkzoNobel could increase "very significantly" if the court adopts its position on a referee's report and it succeeds on liability in its suit over allegedly defective anti-corrosive coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys gas project.

A trial in the state of Victoria's dispute with the owners of Pakenham Place Shopping Centre over a compulsory land acquisition has been vacated.

A retired Northern Territory judge faces allegations of sexual harassment by a former associate after failing in his challenge to a decision allowing the complainant to proceed with the case, filed more than a decade after the alleged conduct.

An appeals court has rejected a landowner's bid to remove a section of the Grand Pacific Walk north of Wollongong because the popular walkway deprived it of car access to its coastal property, ruling the walkway did not infringe its right of access.

Czech investment firm Sev.en has settled its case seeking urgent access to the financials of the Millmerran power station in Queensland as it looks to sell its stake in the asset, after flagging potential claims of misleading conduct. 

The competition regulator has given its draft approval to Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google for their global settlement of allegations of misuse of market power by the digital giant.

CS Energy wants a judge to recuse himself from hearing IG Power's $1 billion lawsuit over "catastrophic" incidents at the Callide coal-fired power station in Queensland in light of an earlier judgment in proceedings by the Australian Energy Regulator.

A judge has allowed a "painfully slow" competition class action against Sony over its PlayStation store practices to file an amended pleading, after expressing concerns the case was not properly resourced.  

The former CEO of Richard White’s anti-money laundering software company Kyckr has agreed to strike out her entire case and file a new pleading in her suit accusing the Wisetech chair of misleading and deceptive conduct.