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Lawyer found to have misled court should be struck from roll: tribunal
Business of Law 2024-10-15 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

A solicitor who was found to have made misleading statements to the court, a judge’s associate and another lawyer should be struck from the roll, a tribunal has found.

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Continuous disclosure case law may apply in Forge insider trading case, judge says
White Collar 2024-05-28 11:42 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has left open the question of whether a line of authority relating to the materiality of information under the continuous disclosure regime could be relevant to a stoush between collapsed engineering firm Forge Group and Clough Group, saying the decisions may apply to cases alleging breaches of the insider trading provisions of the Corporations Act.

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Forge Group defeats challenge to insider trading case over $187M sale
Appeals 2023-02-02 5:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed engineering firm Forge Group has defeated an appeal seeking to block its liquidators from bringing a case against engineering company Clough Limited for alleged insider trading during the 2013 sale of a $187 million stake in the company.

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Ban on lawyer’s practicing certificate can’t be retroactive, appeals court says
Legal Ethics 2022-05-26 5:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has overturned a decision banning a lawyer from practice with retrospective effect and ordering her to pay $20,000 in legal costs, after a tribunal sanctioned her for allegedly misleading a court employee and making ā€œoffensiveā€ remarks in 2016.

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‘Serious professional misconduct’: WA lawyer found to have misled Supreme Court
Legal Ethics 2021-12-10 4:53 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Western Australian lawyer will face penalties and disciplinary action in the State Administrative Tribunal after nine professional misconduct findings were made against him, including a finding that he knowingly sought to mislead the Supreme Court.

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Liquidators of S&P class action plaintiff win strikeout bid in spat over funder’s agreements
Class Actions 2021-06-08 4:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has gutted a defence and counterclaim filed by the biggest unitholder in investment fund Vale in a battle with a litigation funder and liquidators over agreements to join two class actions against S&P Capital, a fight that threatened to hold up one of the class actions.

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Forge liquidators can expand insider trading case against Clough, directors
Restructuring & Insolvency 2021-05-04 4:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

The liquidators of Forge Group have won court approval to expand their insider trading case against construction company Clough over the $187 million sale of its stake in the failed engineering and construction firm.

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