A magistrate has cleared a Tasmanian jumping castle operator of criminal wrongdoing for her alleged role in a tragedy that killed six children in 2021, but a related class action against her and the state government will continue.
Recovery of legal costs has been capped in a case over Woodside’s $16.5 billion Scarborough gas venture that will give the Federal Court the first chance to weigh whether an environment plan complies with the law.
Lendlease and Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills have resolved a lawsuit by a former partner that alleged he was effectively fired for complaints about the builder’s “aggressive taxation position”.
An appeals court has upheld a finding that a payment claim sent by email is payable by WNA Construction, finding the builder had not established that the email address was not valid or that the claim was “confusing”.
The Anglican Church’s Brisbane diocese can’t block the installation of ethanol tanks at a brewery adjoining the Francis Theological college, with a judge finding no “unacceptable risk” of explosion.
A court has found that an employee of a custom keycap business breached her fiduciary duties and infringed the company’s copyright when she launched a competing business using unlawfully downloaded company templates.
The Queensland Supreme Court has tossed a judicial review application by mining magnate Clive Palmer seeking a declaration that criminal proceedings against him should be thrown out as abuses of process.
After nearly a decade of litigation — including a High Court appeal — a court has signed off on a $3.79 million settlement in a class action against Redland City Council over alleged unlawful levies.
In a blow for the plaintiffs in a long-running class action over the government’s live exports ban, a judge has found that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia in 2012 and 2013 if the ban had not been in place.
The lead applicant in a failed class action against ex-NAB super trustee NULIS Nominees has lost his bid to stay a costs order of some $12.5 million pending an appeal.