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Woodside hit with third lawsuit over $16.5B WA natural gas project
Environment 2022-06-22 3:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Conservation Foundation has brought proceedings against oil and gas producer Woodside Energy, arguing its Scarborough gas project in Western Australia cannot go ahead until its climate impacts are assessed. 

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Crown Sydney gets go-ahead to resume NSW gaming operations
Gaming 2022-06-22 3:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown Casino has been given conditional approval to reopen gaming operations in Sydney following its takeover by private equity firm Blackstone.

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First female appeals court president appointed in Victoria
Courts 2022-06-21 1:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian government has elevated a female judge to the role of president of the state’s Court of Appeal, marking the first time a woman has been appointed to the position in the court’s history.

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Maddocks fights $13M judgment, says negligence was ‘marginal’
Professional Negligence 2022-06-20 9:42 pm By Sam Matthews

Appealing a $13 million damages judgment for negligent advice to a former client that allegedly led to a botched sale and administration, law firm Maddocks told a court Monday the business had “miniscule” chances of surviving even if the sale had been successful.

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Lawyers urge AG to retain flexibility of COVID-era online hearings
Courts 2022-06-17 9:34 pm By Sam Matthews

The head of NSW’s peak legal body has called on the state’s Attorney General to retain a number of COVID-19 measures to improve access to justice.

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Legal privilege over jab mandate advice waived with counsel’s failure to object, court says
COVID-19 2022-06-17 9:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that a senior Queensland police official waived legal professional privilege during cross examination, allowing the plaintiffs in a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination challenge to see legal advice about the jab direction by the Crown Solicitor.

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‘Parlous situation’: Mascot Towers owners file court bid to sell troubled buildings
Construction 2022-06-17 4:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Owners of Sydney’s Mascot Towers are facing a “parlous situation” as they file an urgent court bid to sell the two buildings after $16 million was spent to repair structural cracks that made the apartments unliveable.

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Judge allows QC’s $9,800 fee, says two barristers ‘not luxurious’
Business of Law 2022-06-15 7:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected a court-appointed costs assessor’s opinion that engaging a silk to fight an interlocutory application in a spat between two Queensland law firms was “plainly a luxury”.

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Clive Palmer’s nephew can’t dodge contempt proceedings over Queensland Nickel collapse
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-06-10 6:38 pm By Sam Matthews

The former director of Queensland Nickel and nephew of mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost another bid to dodge contempt proceedings brought by the collapsed company’s liquidators.

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Property guru Sasha Hopkins converted investor funds into crypto assets, ASIC says
Financial Services 2022-06-08 3:05 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released details of its allegations against embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins, who is the subject of several freezing orders won by the regulator earlier this month.

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