Fifteen former Macquarie Bank financial advisers are looking to expand their $2.6 million wages case against the bank, seeking evidence around allegedly unreasonable and unlawful deductions from their commissions.
Lawyers for former Citigroup executive Stephen Roberts have complained that prosecutors have failed to provide a âshred of materialâ to explain his alleged involvement in a criminal cartel relating to ANZâs $2.5 billion capital raising, as the defendants fight to grill Crown witnesses before trial.
Explosives maker Dyno Nobel has reached a mid-trial settlement in its case against its major rival, Orica, over a patent for a method for blasting rock at open cut mines.
The liquidators of failed Gold Coast investment group Octaviar have been given the thumbs up to reject over $900 million in proofs of debt from two of the firm’s subsidiaries after the Queensland Supreme Court ruled they had received competent legal advice on the matter and were justified in the rejections.
The special purpose liquidator appointed to four companies in the collapsed James Estate Wines group has been given the go-ahead by a judge to enter into a litigation funding arrangement with the conglomerate’s former director and pursue $57.1 million in potential claims against ANZ Banking Group.
A challenge against the election of federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu may be heard by a panel of three judges, Federal Court Chief Justice James Allsop said Tuesday, as the matter speeds towards a possible November hearing.
A judge has given Sydney businessman Charif Kazal a third and final opportunity to replead his âsimply incomprehensibleâ case against Gilbert + Tobin over the law firm’s involvement in a business dispute concerning a lucrative waste facility, despite saying it took âan entire week to understand the arcane obscuritiesâ of the pleading.
Dairy giant Fonterra has lost its bid to stop Vitasoy from registering its slogan âGrowing Milk Since 1940â as a trade mark, after unsuccessfully arguing that consumers would be misled by the lack of animal milk in Vitasoyâs soy and almond milk products.
A major property development CEO accused of paying his Filipino nanny $2.33 an hour has denied underpayment allegations, instead claiming the woman was a âguest of the familyâ who was âfree to decideâ whether or not she wished to provide domestic assistance.
A judge has appointed provisional liquidators to âDiamond Joeâ Gutnickâs mining company Merlin Diamonds, after finding evidence of “serious mismanagement” and citing an urgent need to investigate the company’s books.