Insolvency practitioners are holding their breath as the High Court hears a case that could abolish a key rule used by liquidators in recouping payments to unsecured creditors at a time when the industry is bracing for a possible recession.
A judge has questioned AMP Financial Planning over whether it breached court orders to compensate customers after finding the firm failed to prevent a now banned adviser from churning life insurance for higher commissions.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been ordered to pay former colleague Brian Burston $250,000 for âseriously damagingâ and malicious comments made in a Today Show interview.
Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a âmanifestly unreasonableâ $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.
A judge has ordered Shine Lawyers to pay indemnity costs in a side dispute over an âobjectionableâ subpoena the firm issued five days before trial was set to start in a personal injury case over alleged sexual abuse at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
The Supreme Court of Victoria has been called out in a report into sexually inappropriate behavior and bullying by judges as an “extremely hierarchical” workplace that has all the risk factors for harassment.
Fund manager Salter Brothers has been awarded more than $8 million in a breach of warranty suit against former Hendry Group boss Emma Hendry and related parties after they failed to comply with court orders in the case.
French drug giant Sanofi has appealed a decision giving American biopharmaceutical company Amgen the go-ahead for its patents for a cholesterol-lowering antibody that could be used to treat heart disease, diabetes, stroke and Alzheimerâs.
Hillsong Church has denied whistleblower allegations of extensive financial misconduct, claiming an employee was ânot correctâ to accuse the megachurch of funnelling donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.
The NSW gaming regulator has suspended the Star Entertainment Groupâs casino license and handed it a $100 million fine after uncovering anti-money laundering breaches and âinherently deceptiveâ misconduct.