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Acciona accused of blocking access to $511M waste-to-energy plant
Construction 2023-02-24 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has been sued by the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth, which says it was unlawfully shut out of the project site after “commercial issues” arose between them.

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Ex-Legacy Iron Ore managing director sentenced for $725,000 theft
White Collar 2023-02-13 9:52 pm By Sam Matthews

The founding director of Perth-based exploration company Legacy Iron Ore Limited has been hit with a suspended sentence of three years imprisonment for stealing over $720,000 from the company.

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ASIC slaps advisor with permanent ban after superannuation fraud
Financial Services 2023-02-13 4:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has handed a permanent ban to a former financial advisor who pleaded guilty to taking $35,000 from his First Nations clients’ superannuation accounts.

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WA government takes early swing at Banksia Hill class action
Class Actions 2023-02-08 4:45 pm By Sam Matthews

The Western Australia government has foreshadowed a strike-out application just one month after being hit with a class action on behalf of detainees in the state’s detention centres.

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Forge Group defeats challenge to insider trading case over $187M sale
Appeals 2023-02-02 5:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed engineering firm Forge Group has defeated an appeal seeking to block its liquidators from bringing a case against engineering company Clough Limited for alleged insider trading during the 2013 sale of a $187 million stake in the company.

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Appeals court sets aside arbitration award in Chevron gas field dispute
Arbitration 2023-01-18 2:59 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has dismissed an appeal from two contractors who worked on Chevron’s Gorgon gas field project who allege they were underpaid over $130 million by the energy giant.

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Downer wins pre-litigation docs in $25M spat with Alinta over Pilbara gas project
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-01-16 3:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining company Downer EDI has won its bid to review documents between Alinta Energy and a superintendent who allegedly acted improperly in a spat over a $208 million solar gas hybrid project in the Pilbara region. 

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Former Demons president and Clayton Utz partner Glen Bartlett can’t keep defamation case in WA
Defamation 2023-01-12 4:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Former president of the Melbourne Football Club and Clayton Utz veteran Glen Bartlett has lost a bid to keep his defamation case against four MFC board members in Western Australia, with a judge finding the “relevant characters overwhelmingly continue to live in Melbourne.”

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High Court rejects Western Power appeal in bushfire class action
High Court 2022-12-07 4:57 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has unanimously dismissed Western Power’s challenge to a judgment which found the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.

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WA government will try to snuff out Clive Palmer’s $30B lawsuit
Dominic Villa 2022-11-23 5:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The West Australian government has flagged a bid to scuttle mining magnate Clive Palmer’s latest lawsuit claiming he can sue the state for up to $30 billion over mining tenements in the Pilbara.

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