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Minetek wants lawyers to hand over USB devices as its mulls lawsuit against ex-employee
Bird & Bird 2021-07-15 6:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Global mine technology company Minetek is considering a lawsuit against a former employee who may have unlawfully used confidential company information, a court has heard.

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AkzoNobel hit with new lawsuit over $45B Ichthys LNG project
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-12 6:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Japanese oil company Inpex has sued Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for allegedly making misleading statements about an epoxy coating it supplied for use in the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas project in Bladin Point, Darwin.

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‘Pretty embarrassing’: Teen frowns on government’s appeal of victory in climate change class action
Appeals 2021-07-09 3:39 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The Federal Minister for the Environment has announced plans to appeal a Federal Court judgment that found the government has a duty of care to protect Australian children from the impacts of climate change. 

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Judge keeps climate change class action alive, as duty to children enshrined in law
Ashurst 2021-07-08 1:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The federal Minister for the Environment has lost a bid to declass a class action brought over climate change risks from an expansion of the Whitehaven coal mine, with a judge making a declaration that the government owes a duty to all Australian children to protect them from global warming.

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Former Arrium directors point finger at KPMG in class action defence
Ashurst 2021-07-06 2:00 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Four executives of the failed Arrium have named auditor KPMG as a “concurrent wrongdoer” in defending a shareholder class action over a $754 million capital raising two years prior to the mining and steel giant’s $2 billion collapse.

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Oil producer Beach Energy faces potential class action over Western Flank disclosures
Class Actions 2021-07-05 10:22 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Law firm Slater & Gordon is investigating a shareholder class action against Australia’s largest onshore oil producer Beach Energy, following a significant decline in its projected earnings from oil reserves on the Western Flank in South Australia.

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Arrium settlement was a ‘substantial compromise’, judge says
Amy Munro 2021-07-05 4:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A settlement reached in a lawsuit by the liquidators of collapsed steel giant Arrium against 10 former company directors accused of insolvent trading has been approved by a judge, who noted that while the settlement amount was “substantial”, the deal involved a “substantial compromise”.

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BHP asks High Court to weigh in on inclusion of foreign investors in class action
Alistair Pound 2021-07-05 11:56 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Global resources giant BHP Group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a ruling that rejected its bid to exclude foreign investors from a shareholder class action over the 2015 Fundao dam disaster.

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Court finds billionaire mining heiress engaged in fraud and deceit but tosses lawsuit
Butcher Paull & Calder 2021-07-02 9:50 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has thrown out a lawsuit against billionaire mining heiress Angela Bennett and her brother Michal Wright over the estate of their father, mining magnate Peter Wright, despite finding the siblings breached their fiduciary duty and engaged in deceit and fraud.

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Ex-Quantum boss pleads guilty to market manipulation, insider trading
Article 2021-07-01 2:45 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Former Quantum Resources CEO and director Avrohom Kimelman faces up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty to charges of insider trading and conspiring to manipulate the market in shares of the company, now known as Nova Minerals.

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