Forsayth Resources Pty Ltd v Australia United Mining Limited [2026] QSC 99
20-5-26 / Matthew Doyle — Contract, Resources & Energy
Matthew Doyle (led by T Duggan KC) appeared for the applicant, instructed by MinterEllison. The judgment concerned whether the applicant was entitled to an interlocutory injunction restraining the respondent from terminating or giving effect to the purported termination of a cooperation agreement for mining operations, pending trial. This arose after…
BUMA Australia Pty Ltd v Queensland Power Company Pty Ltd [2026] QSC 55
28-4-26 / Damian Clothier KC, Matthew Doyle, Jonathan Hohl — Resources & Energy
Damian Clothier KC, Matthew Doyle and Jonathan Hohl appeared for the applicant, instructed by Corrs Chambers Westgarth. This judgment concerned the issue of costs owing to the applicant, BUMA, after it was awarded a total of $32,052,279 under a Contract Mining Agreement between it and the respondent, QPC, in BUMA Australia…
Claire Schneider (led by Mr D Roche SC) represented the second respondent, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. In summary, this was a costs hearing following a trial where the applicant unsuccessfully alleged that the respondents engaged in conduct that contravened s 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010…
BUMA Australia Pty Ltd v Queensland Power Company Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 338
10-12-25 / Damian Clothier KC, Matthew Doyle, Jonathan Hohl — Contract, Resources & Energy
Damian Clothier KC, Matthew Doyle and Jonathan Hohl appeared for the applicant, instructed by Corrs Chambers Westgarth. In summary, this case concerned disputes arising under a Contract Mining Agreement (CMA) between the respondents (who operate a power station) and the applicant (who provides mining services for the mine which powers…
Madden (Receiver) v Mining Standards International Pty Ltd [2025] FCAFC 142
17-10-25 / Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Matthew Doyle — Appellate, Contract, Competition & Consumer, Resources & Energy
These appeals arose from orders refusing to permanently stay Federal Court proceedings brought by Mining Standards International Pty Ltd (MSI) relating to the termination of a sale agreement for mining assets. The applicants sought a stay on the basis that the issues overlapped with prior litigation in the Supreme Court…
