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‘These results are not accidental’: GetSwift saw ASX as ‘cheap way’ to boost share price, ASIC says
Émails show the directors of logistics company GetSwift took a "deliberate approach" to inflating the company's share price through a constant supply of positive ASX announcements about new multimillion-dollar contracts, ASIC said on the first day of a highly anticipated five-week trial.
‘Harsh and draconian’: Judge shoots down bid for class closure in combustible cladding action
A court has dismissed a "harsh and draconian" class closure order sought by German cladding manufacturer 3A Composites in a class action against it over allegedly combustible cladding.
Judge rejects GetSwift’s latest push to delay ASIC trial for a year
Logistics company GetSwift and its directors have failed in a bid for a year-long delay of a trial scheduled to start next month in ASIC's case alleging breaches of the Corporations Act, despite arguing that the procedural unfairness of a remote hearing gave the regulator a leg-up over the US-based company.
3A Composites fights for class closure order in combustible cladding action
German cladding manufacturer 3A Composites is pushing forward with a bid to close a class action over allegedly combustible cladding to registered group members, arguing that a recent appeals court decision does not bar class closure in this case.
One case prevails in battle over competing Westpac AUSTRAC class actions
A contest of two competing shareholder class actions against Westpac over millions of alleged anti-money laundering breaches has ended with one law firm and its funder bowing out.
Class action says AMP wielding ‘threat’ of strike out application
Repeated suggestions of a planned strike out application are being used as a "threat" by four AMP subsidiaries and two trustees in a consolidated class action over allegedly excessive superannuation fees, a court has heard.
Westpac class action denied AUSTRAC docs while multiplicity issue unresolved
The second of two class actions brought against Westpac over alleged anti-money laundering breaches has been denied discovery of what the bank claims are commercially sensitive documents until the law firms behind the class actions work out how their competing cases will proceed.
Judge ‘pleasantly surprised’ by virtual trials, refuses to delay GetSwift hearing
A judge has refused to delay a civil penalty hearing brought by ASIC against GetSwift, scheduled to begin in June, after the logistics company argued that the virtual hearing necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic would be prejudicial and the proceedings should be adjourned.
Westpac class action beauty parade is on after new suit filed
Westpac has been hit with another class action over alleged anti-money laundering breaches, teeing up a high-stakes beauty parade over which firm will lead the class action against the bank.
Combustible cladding class action gets makeover
The lead applicant in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding has been ordered to immediately pay the defendants' costs that were thrown away by amended pleadings that bring a "substantially new case", over a year after the high-stakes case was filed.