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Mining giant beats back challenge to lost profits claim in dispute over $2.5B WA iron ore mine
Appeals 2020-07-16 5:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

A subsidiary of US mining giant Cleveland-Cliffs has fought back a second bid to quash its counterclaim for lost profits in a contractual dispute over the lucrative Koolyanobbing iron ore mine, with the Western Australia Court of Appeal saying the claim was not “clearly untenable” as argued.

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COVID-19 contract termination sparks $5M legal row
Contracts 2020-07-16 5:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

Technology company Bluechiip has engaged lawyers seeking to recover around $5 million allegedly owed by California-based lab equipment manufacturer Labcon, which tore up a $15.9 million contract in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opal Tower concrete supplier sues insurer over class action coverage
Insurance 2020-07-01 2:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

The prefab concrete specialist behind Sydney’s Opal Tower has filed a lawsuit against Chubb Insurance seeking to force the insurer to cover its costs of defending two proceedings over the ill-fated building.

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Corporate insolvency partner scores partial win on appeal in breakup spat
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-06-25 5:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

A challenge to a judgment which found that one partner of a corporate insolvency firm “ambushed” the other to leave the business has been partially overturned by an appeals court.

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Ex-Rockmans GM sues Noni B for ‘retrospective termination’
Employment 2020-06-12 9:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former general manager of women’s fashion retailer Rockmans is suing parent company Noni B, claiming he was not given any notice before being sacked in April this year.

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Goodman Fielder gets green light to reopen $1.25M GrainCorp case
Contracts 2020-06-10 6:31 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A court has given Goodman Fielder the green light to reopen its breach of contract case against GrainCorp to submit further evidence on potential damages.

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Court tosses appeal seeking to drag Shine Lawyers into negligence lawsuit
Appeals 2020-06-10 2:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

Shine Lawyers and barrister David Turner have once again dodged a negligence lawsuit over advice given about a $630,000 contractual dispute, with an appeals court upholding an earlier decision dismissing a bid to join the two parties.

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Law firm hit with $1.4M judgment over negligent advice to lawyer
Business of Law 2020-06-10 2:14 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A Sydney-based law firm has been ordered to pay $1.4 million in damages for failing to properly advise a client of his rights under a partnership agreement after he suffered several strokes.  

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High Court won’t hear East Timor’s request to shut down $328M dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-06-01 10:37 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will not weigh in on a jurisdictional challenge by the Democratic Republic of East Timor to a lawsuit brought by Australian oil and gas company Lighthouse Corporation over $328 million in alleged losses stemming from a failed fuel supply agreement.

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Boral prevails in costly cement supply stoush with Wagners
Construction 2020-05-21 5:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

Boral has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by a subsidiary of building products supplier Wagners, which previously estimated it would take a $10 million financial hit for suspending a cement supply contract with the construction giant.

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