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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart can’t fight use of arbitration docs as trial in family feud begins
Trials 2023-07-10 3:44 pm By Gareth Baker

Hancock Prospecting can’t challenge an order that documents produced in arbitration are fair game, as the mining company’s chief, Gina Rinehart, battles her children in a trial over ownership of a valuable tenement set to start Monday.

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Time to end this ‘sorry business’: Court tosses objection to EY settlement
Professional Negligence 2023-07-03 4:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has blessed a trustā€™s settlement with Ernst & Young that resolves a negligence case linked to a decade-long tax dispute that went to the High Court, rejecting an objection to the deal and saying it was “time this matter was brought to a conclusion”.

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Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy suffers loss in $4B spat with CITIC
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-06-28 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a bid to amend one of two cases that claim losses totalling $4 billion against CITIC after a judge found the amended claims would be ā€œunfairly generalā€.

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Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
Employment 2023-06-23 4:36 pm By Gareth Baker

Casino operator Crown Resorts has agreed to backpay employees more than $1.2 million, after the company notified the Fair Work Ombudsman that it had underpaid workers at its Melbourne and Perth locations for almost six years.Ā 

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Law firm can rep defendant in defamation case despite consult with plaintiff
Defamation 2023-06-22 12:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found that a Western Australian law firm can act for a doctor who has been sued for defamation despite having learned about the case from the plaintiff during a preliminary consultation.Ā 

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Law firm investigating class action against Salt Lake Potash, auditor EY
Class Actions 2023-06-16 11:41 pm By Gareth Baker

A law firm is probing a shareholder class action against former ASX-listed Salt Lake Potash and auditor EY, alleging the company failed to disclose material information about its financial position before entering receivership in late 2021.

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Clive Palmer can’t quash CITIC subpoenas over sale of nickel refinery in $1.8B case
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-06-07 11:56 pm By Gareth Baker

Mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a bid to block subpoenas asking their advisors to hand over information regarding the sale of Townvilleā€™s Yabulu nickel and cobalt refinery, as part of a $1.8 billion fight over the value of the site.Ā Ā Ā 

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ACCC tells ā€˜fake localā€™ florists to get out of town
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-05-29 11:37 pm By Gareth Baker

The ACCC has brought proceedings against a national flower retailer for allegedly adapting its websites and google ads to deceive online customers into believing they were a local florist.Ā 

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Maurice Blackburn client denied quick win in negligence suit against firm
Professional Negligence 2023-05-25 11:30 am By Sam Matthews

Maurice Blackburn has defeated a former client’s bid for summary judgment in an ā€œunusual caseā€ alleging the firm gave him bad advice concerning a personal injury claim against the state of Western Australia over assaults suffered in prison.

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Destec can use evidence from MinRes feud for possible case against ex-director
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-24 2:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining engineering company Destec has won its bid to use evidence produced in a dispute with Mineral Resources in considering whether to bring a new case against its former director over a lucrative transportation system.

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