Supreme Court of Western Australia

Flinders Mines is launching legal action in the Supreme Court of Western Australia against the owner of stock forum HotCopper Holdings, seeking details of users alleged to have made defamatory statements in relation to the board and company.

Ronald Bower, the former sole principal of Perth-based Corser & Corser Lawyers, has been removed from the roll of legal practitioners, after the Supreme Court of Western Australia upheld the Legal Profession Complaints Committee’s decision.

Nicholas Oud has been removed from the roll of legal practitioners, after the Supreme Court of Western Australia upheld an earlier decision by the Legal Profession Complaints Committee.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has agreed to delay a creditors meeting of Alita Resources, as its administrators assess more than 11 proposals that could revive the fallen lithium miner.

WA Liberal Leader Liza Harvey has called on the party’s state director to expel former MLC Phil Edman, following accusations by the Corruption and Crime Commission that Mr Edman misused his parliamentary allowance to fund lurid personal activities.

Former federal MP Dennis Jensen has been awarded $325,000 in damages by the Supreme Court of Western Australia following the outcome of a defamation case against The Australian for articles it published in 2016.

The Australian subsidiary of Spanish engineering contractor Duro Felguera has been placed into voluntary administration after becoming mired in multiple legal disputes related to construction of the Roy Hill iron ore project.

Perth Airport has hit back at Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce after he claimed the airport had refused to relieve the airline of rent and passenger fees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Engineering company Primero Group and power plant consultant Wartsila Australia are continuing their legal dispute over the payment for work completed by Primero in South Australia, with the matter to be heard in the Supreme Court.

The Town of Cambridge has had its injunction against Local Government Minister David Templeman upheld by the Supreme Court of WA.

Luke Saraceni is set to launch an appeal in a bid to resume a $200 million claim against the Commonwealth Bank over the Raine Square project.

The report into the Town of Cambridge has been tabled in state parliament, just weeks after the council successfully fought the state government’s ‘show cause’ notice.

John Holland and the state government have both had partial successes ahead of a trial in October 2022 over a $180 million Perth Children’s Hospital contract dispute.

Westgold Resources’ proposed takeover of fellow goldminer Gascoyne Resources cannot proceed after the Supreme Court of WA approved a conflicting merger deal with Firefly Resources.

Westgold Resources has sought to withdraw its $120 million takeover proposal for Gascoyne Resources after a conflicting merger was approved by the Supreme Court of WA.

Businessman Nicholas Ivanina has been forced to surrender almost $4 million in assets, including cash and an apartment, following a major international investigation led by federal police.

IGO said today its scheme of arrangement, to acquire 100 per cent of Western Areas, was legally effective, with the deal scheduled to complete later this month.

One of the state's leading commercial litigators, Michael Lundberg, has been appointed as the first Aboriginal judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

The state government has appointed Sam Vandongen to the Supreme Court bench and Robert Owen to head the office of Director of Public Prosecutions.

The Supreme Court has rejected claims by multinational builder Acciona that Western Australia’s pandemic border rules amounted to a force majeure event over a $700 million project.

Former University of Western Australia researcher Bruce Gray has failed in his ongoing bid against law firm Lavan, the latest in an almost two decade-long legal dispute.

Western Australia’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by Mineralogy in one of the many lawsuits between the Clive Palmer-owned mining company and CITIC Limited's subsidiary Sino Iron.

The Supreme Court of WA has sentenced a financial consultant to 15 months’ imprisonment over his involvement in manipulating the share price of an ASX-listed mining company.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has failed in its bid to delay a Supreme Court trial over royalties from the Hope Downs tenements.

A man linked to Mount Hawthorn businessman Chris Marco has lost his appeal to rid his responsibility to repay parties who suffered losses, claiming he was only the middleman.

A dispute over a construction contract on the $338 million Coburn Mineral Sands Project has escalated to the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Senator Linda Reynolds is taking a national publisher and author to the state's highest court, alleging defamatory content in a book about former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

CBI Contractors and Kentz have lost their appeal over a Supreme Court ruling in favour of Chevron, relating to the parties’ contract on the Gorgon gas project.

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder engineering company is believed to owe about $5.2 million to 195 creditors, with a Supreme Court ruling giving its liquidators the power to sell assets.

A former client of Vivien Yap has been given one final opportunity to defend himself from a criminal contempt charge after allegedly sending a contentious email to solicitors and politicians.

Senator Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins' partner David Sharaz, the second writ about defamation claims that she lodged in the Supreme Court of Western Australia this month.

The owners of 100 Mill Point Road have mounted another lawsuit over a flood in the building’s car park in 2017, this time pursuing four companies for alleged ‘negligence and nuisance’.

The Supreme Court has struck down a move for parties to produce and inspect the ballot papers relating to the WA Trotting Association’s multi-million-dollar Gloucester Park land sale to Hesperia.

BHP Minerals has lost an appeal over a Supreme Court ruling relating to boundaries covered by mining leases for iron ore tenements in the Pilbara.

Oil and gas company Inpex has failed in its bid to have separate trials over issues arising from the construction of $US45 billion Ichthys LNG plant project.

The state's Court of Appeal has dismissed former WA Labor candidate Tristan Cockman's application contesting a ruling relating to his unsuccessful preselection bid for the seat of Cowan.

A dispute over the estate of late BGC founder Len Buckeridge, believed to be worth more than $2.5 billion, has continued to play out in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled on what should be redacted from documents related to the legal proceedings between Mineral Resources and Destec.

Entities behind St George's Cathedral Precinct and the State Buildings have claimed the City of Perth failed to fix construction defects relating to the $580 million development.

The long-running legal row between Philip Cardaci and his brother's widow, Mae, has continued, with a Supreme Court judge describing the latest application as "objectively hopeless".

A contractor who lost a decade-long dispute over a $26 million contract on an iron ore project in the Mid West has launched legal action against the firm that represented it.

A subsidiary of Mineral Commodities has been prevented from exercising voting rights amid a legal dispute over Skaland Graphite, a Norwegian company it acquired for $12.9 million.

A dispute over Mineral Resources' plans to build a 125-kilometre private haul road running through the Shire of Ashburton has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.

Perth recruitment business GO2 Group has received a $3 million loan to continue its operations and potentially avoid layoffs after entering into voluntary administration.

A dispute over an allegedly toxic environment in a Wembley house built by Ventura Homes has escalated to the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

The state has dropped charges against a physiotherapist who was accused of involvement in WA's biggest public sector corruption scandal.

A WA Supreme Court judge has struck out some parts of Clive Palmer-owned Mineralogy’s pleas in an ongoing dispute with CITIC Limited, describing the claim as embarrassing.

Citic Pacific Mining Management has claimed a Perth recruitment company should foot the bill for a fire that allegedly destroyed a $2 million dump truck in 2017.

A property developer has launched legal action against the Public Transport Authority over a block of land in Midland that was compulsorily acquired for use in the Metronet project.

Administrators of Wiluna Mining Corporation have estimated the collapsed gold play owes $43.8 million to unsecured creditors, a court judgment shows.

Liquidators of Chris Marco’s property are seeking repayment from several people and a company they believe received funds from the unregistered investment scheme.

Clive Palmer and Mineralogy have succeeded their bid to update allegations against subsidiaries of CITIC Pacific Mining, which a Supreme Court judge has described as "grave in nature".

Fisheries Minister Don Punch has been taken to court over management measures introduced by the state government stipulating new rules for recreational, charter and commercial fishers.

Clive Palmer has had a minor win in a court fight against mining executive Shankar Madan, over royalties from Mineralogy’s Balmoral project.

The WA Supreme Court has dismissed claims that the voting process on the Gloucester Park land sale was breached but the trial has caused months of delay on the project.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled over a dispute on the $21.5 million sale of a Perth CBD site that was formerly earmarked for the first Holiday Inn Express in Australia.

Dozens of lawyers have filled a courtroom for the start of a legal showdown between descendants of mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.

Four Melbourne Demons directors, including an ex-Iluka Resources boss, have failed to recoup all legal costs from proceedings launched by former club president Glen Bartlett in a WA court.

Western Australia’s chief justice has lambasted the quarrel over legal costs in a court dispute between Peter Hood and Tom Henderson-backed MAK Water and its former staff.

A lawyer for Brittany Higgins' fiancé has started to counter WA Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation allegation, claiming it is "a drop in the ocean of publicity", during a court hearing.

The state's highest court has slammed Philip Cardaci in his failed bid to take back control the estate of his late brother Marc, reportedly worth more than $40 million.

Two experienced legal figures will join the Supreme Court bench in 2024, among a suite of appointments announced by Attorney General John Quigley this week.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Bree Maher, Iain Grandage, Alex Jones, Jean Shaw, Gail Archer, and Michael Gething.

District Court judge Terence 'Terry' Palmer will join the Supreme Court of Western Australia bench later this month.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jo Wisdom, Rebecca Girdwood, Kerryl Bradshaw, Paul Criddle, Terence 'Terry' Palmer, Greg Hoskins and Kudzai Mtsambiwa.

Ventia-employed court security and custodial officers walked off the jobs this morning as part of strike action for better pay from the facility management giant.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Lanie Chopping, Rebecca Brown, Peter Woronzow, Richard Sellers, Prudence Griffin, Jessie Liu-Ernsting, Shannon Robinson, Rhys Waldon, Mark Pivac, Brett Smith, Michael Skead, Jackson Allen and Jackie Donald.

Former solicitor-general Joshua Thomson will replace Michael Buss as the president of the highest court in Western Australia.

Former Supreme Court judge Janine Pritchard will lead a review into the state’s justice system, including costs for well-resourced parties.