The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hit beleaguered mining firm Griffin Coal with criminal charges over its alleged failure to lodge annual financial reports for 2019 and 2020.
A judge has made the âregrettableâ call to postpone the trial in a case brought by workers challenging the Victorian governmentâs COVID-19 health directions until after they expire, blaming the workers for creating a series of âfruitlessâ delays.
The Supreme Court of Victoria has appointed 16 barristers to silk, nine of whom are women, including two barristers who have worked on high-stakes class action litigation.
Accounting firms Pitcher Partners and Ernst & Young have blamed the lawyers who advised on Slater & Gordonâs disastrous $1.2 Quindell acquisition for the its massive losses in 2016, saying they failed to point out the âcommercial misjudgmentâ of agreeing to the deal.
The Northern Territory government has been hit with a class action alleging it discriminated against Indigenous Australians in Wadeye by failing to provide proper healthcare services.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia will have to hand over a preliminary tranche of documents relating to seven large-scale oil and gas projects it is financing in a lawsuit that will test whether the bank has complied with its stated commitments on climate change.
Logistics company GetSwift says it is considering an appeal of an 859-page judgment which lambasted the company and its directors’ “public relations-driven approach” to announcements on the Australian Stock Exchange.
The court has given the green light to an amended defamation defence by Clive Palmer which accuses Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan of “disgraceful and dishonourable conduct” and abusing his position by hastily and secretly enacting legislation that barred the billionaire mining magnate from suing the state for $30 billion.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has scored a victory in its long-running case against GetSwift, with the Federal Court finding the company and its directors breached the Corporations Act and ASIC Act through their “public relations-driven approach” to announcements on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Accounting firms EY and Pitcher Partners ignored âfront page newsâ that Slater & Gordonâs acquired business Quindell was scrutinised by a UK regulator after reporting a $250 million (ÂŁ137 million) loss, a court heard on the second day of trial in a class action by the law firmâs shareholders.