Lawyers for mining giant Adani told a Queensland court they do not know what confidential information – “if any” – about the Carmichael coalmine was obtained by the environmental activist Ben Pennings, who is being sued by the company for breach of confidence. At a Queensland supreme court hearing earlier this month, Adani’s barrister, Graham Gibson, said the miner had “pleaded that Pennings misused confidential information, but we don’t know what information he has misused”. “We don’t know how he has – what documents, if any, that he has and how that information came into his hands. “Yet Adani has said they don’t know what information was allegedly given to him. “We now have no option but to pursue Mr Pennings to the full extent of the law.”

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2021 05:14 UTC