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International law firm HFW has bolstered the ranks of its disputes practice in Australia, recruiting a leading commercial litigation and international arbitration partner from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
A judge has ordered a temporary stay of ASIC's case accusing Mayfair 101 director James Mawhinney of contempt for breaching a 20-year ban.
Gold Coast fraudster Dr Roger Munro has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of duping investors into parting with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A trial in a negligence case by a former solicitor and client of Sydney-based McCabes Lawyers has been vacated because of the firm's non compliance with a court's document discovery orders.
National Australia Bank has avoided enforcement action and entered into an undertaking with AUSTRAC to settle an investigation into compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn will ask a court to approve $14.5 million in costs for running a class action against Colonial First State that has settled for $56.3 million, giving account holders 75 per cent of the proceeds.
A judge has signed off on a $125 million settlement to resolve a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts over disclosures relating to its Chinese gambling operations, but has shaved $1 million from the funder's proposed commission.
Atanaskovic Hartnell is challenging a $160,000 judgment against the law firm and founding partner John Atanaskovic, who was found to have engaged in a campaign to "abuse, belittle and victimise" a former general manager.
US institutional shareholders who joined a class action against Crown Resorts that settled on the eve of trial for $125 million are urging the Federal Court to slash the funder's commission by $4.65 million.
Law firms running competing shareholder class actions against a2 Milk appear to have reached agreement to join forces, with a court order Thursday scrapping a contest to determine which case would proceed alone.