The state's highest court has ordered Brittany Higgins to pay 80 per cent of former senator Linda Reynolds' legal fees over the high-profile defamation trial.
This week's appointments include Darren Forster, Addy Wetzler, Bojan Bogunovic, Darren Hedley, Michael Schaper, Denise Sweeney and Jessica Shaw, Martin Aldridge and Ron Yuryevich.
The state's highest court has found Brittany Higgins did defame her former employer Linda Reynolds in a series of social media posts, in a judgment over the high-profile defamation trial.
Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals has launched an 11th-hour bid to overturn the Supreme Court's dismissal of its tenement spat with sand miner Quarry Park and Cauldron Energy.
Santos has largely failed in its bid to pick holes in Newcrest Mining's top-secret lawsuit against it, which hinges on claims the energy giant breached their gas supply deal.
Property developer Norm Carey has lost a last-ditch attempt to contest outstanding land taxes totalling $700,000 after the appeal was thrown out by the Supreme Court.
Euroz Hartleys has discontinued its lawsuit against four former employees it claimed had stolen confidential data before moving to competitor Canaccord Genuity.
Talentko has lost its bid to prevent the media from reporting evidence detailed in its court battle to stop three former employees from working for rival Collar Talent Group.
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.
Westgem Investments, the property developer behind the $500 million Raine Square project, has lost its battle over damages claims relating to the project, with the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Commonwealth Bank.
Two major contractors in the oil and gas sector, Technip Oceania and DOF Subsea, are facing legal action over their safety practices on the Wheatstone and Ichthys gas projects.
Spanish-owned contractor Duro Felguera Australia, which is involved in multiple legal disputes arising from its work on big resources projects, has been ordered to set aside $20 million because of concerns it would not be able to pay potential claims.
GR Engineering Services says it will continue to pursue legal action against Eastern Goldfields in relation to a contract for refurbishment at the miner's Davyhurst operation, despite the Supreme Court yesterday referring the matter to arbitration.
Construction company Built Environs has failed in its attempt to claw back $14.5 million of performance bonds used by Perth Airport to cover liquidated damages associated with development of the new terminal buildings in 2015.
Spanish contractor Duro Felguera has won a legal battle with Samsung C&T over the jurisdiction of a contractual dispute for work on the $10 billion Roy Hill project, with the next stage to play out infront of Singaporean arbitrators.
