Jeremy Giles

Consumer goods giants Proctor & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser have been urged by a court not to bury their dispute over marketing of a dishwashing tablet product under a mountain of competing performance tests.

A settlement with directors in an investor class action brought over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital is in the interests of group members, a judge has said.

A judge has declined Expert Group’s bid to bring court proceedings about the amount of an earn-out owed under its agreement to sell cloud services provider Experteq IT Services, finding the firm had agreed to resolve the matter by expert determination.

The applicant in an investor class action over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital and Endeavour Securities has raised concerns about the authenticity of Linchpin’s business records, which it wants to put into evidence at trial in two months.

A judge overseeing an investor class action over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital has questioned whether he has to “effectively second guess” a law firm’s advice given to group members about a partial settlement. 

Two ex-directors of Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG who were found to have defrauded the company have succeeded in clawing back a portion of their costs of a partially successful appeal which reduced the amount owing to their former employee by around $12.5 million.

A judge has hit the maker of Fairy dishwashing products with an interim injunction that will disrupt the launch of its 30 Minute Miracle detergent, after finding consumer claims by the maker of Finish dishwashing products had a strong prospect of success.

A judge has refused American International Group’s bid to withdraw an admission that directors of defunct advisory firm Linchpin Capital were covered under a D&O policy in an investor class action that has settled against everyone but the insurer. 

Liquidators of Sargon Capital are pursuing a claim for $4 million against super trustee firm Diversa and are investigating potential insolvent trading claims against the collapsed fintech’s directors.

The Full Federal Court has upheld a finding that online educator Captain Cook College engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, who accrued $60 million in debt but never finished their courses.