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A court has ruled that Canadian investor Franco-Nevada is entitled to mining royalty payments agreed to with a unit of mining company Arrium before its collapse, despite the company's failure to lodge a proof of debt.
A judge has upheld IAG’s privilege claim over a technical paper prepared by an actuarial consultant, finding that the report was not merely forwarded to the legal team to cloak it in privilege.
A law firm has lost its bid to stay a silk's case alleging he is owed a $280,400 cancellation fee for a class action in Queensland that was settled a month before trial.
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A feud between a reality TV star and her sister over a $2 million Toorak townhouse is playing out in court, with a judge hearing the sisters sealed a deed of gift over the apartment with their fingerprints.
The Full Federal Court may need to weigh in on whether the judge overseeing an underpayments class action against the Reject Shop had the power to make an order altering the group definition.
McDonald’s has lost its bid to send a notice to group members foreshadowing its intention to apply for soft class closure in a representative case on behalf of 350,000 workers who were allegedly denied rest breaks.
A judge has thrown out a class action led by the father of famed mining investor Nathan Tinkler over claims ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal failed to fulfil an implied term of a $150 million share subscription.
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A Centennial Coal unit that operates an underground coal mine bordering the Blue Mountains National Park has been hit with $630,000 in penalties after pleading guilty to five environmental offences for failing to properly manage runoff from the mine.
The former CEO of Nudie Juice and his wife are fighting a court's ruling in favour of a liquidator's case making breach of duty claims in relation to an alleged tax fraud scheme.
The Commonwealth has told a court it needs to interview 32 people before responding to a Fair Work Act case by Brittany Higgins’ former manager, Fiona Brown, who became a key witness in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial.