Case Muzzled. Court strikes out injured coal miner, backs BHP

BHP has won sweeping suppression orders against coal miner Simon Turner after a court threw out the miner’s case. Stephanie Tran reports. The Federal Court of Australia has struck out a landmark case brought by an injured coal miner against BHP Group Limited and related entities, refusing him leave to replead his case and ordering that key court documents be removed from the public file.In orders made on Friday, Justice Needham struck out Simon Turner’s originating application and statement of claim against ...