Court Decision
We discuss a recent Supreme Court decision where HopgoodGanim acted successfully to consider the interpretation of regulation 94H and whether resource authority holders are required to comply with landholders’ biosecurity management plans.
Article
Recent successes in West Australian petroleum projects, such as Strike Energy and Warrego Energy’s West Erregulla-2 well in the Perth Basin, highlight WA’s significant contribution to increased exploration expenditure in the oil and gas industry.
Court Decision
Key issues: APLNG has successfully challenged an aggressive approach to determining petroleum royalties adopted by the Office of State Revenue in Queensland. In Australia Pacific LNG Pty Limited & Ors v The Treasurer & Ors [2019] QSC 132,
Legislation Update
Key issues The private member's bill seeks to provide all landholders power to veto petroleum and geothermal activities The power of veto will extend to all landholders regardless of land size Petroleum companies should be mindful of the chang
Court Decision
On 21 April 2017, the Victorian Supreme Court awarded United Petroleum $890,238.00 in damages after finding Bonnie View Petroleum Pty Ltd had failed to clean up contamination at one of its 19 retail petrol businesses it sold to United.1 Key point
Court Decision
On 17 August 2017, the WA Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Forrest & Forrest Pty Ltd (Forrest) [1]. HopgoodGanim Lawyers represented Cauldron Energy Limited (Cauldron). The Court of Appeal unanimously decided to dismiss Forrest’s appeal