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Forum Finance director says Westpac’s case against him ‘hopelessly weak’
Forum Finance director Vincenzo Tesoriero wants to strike out Westpac's claims against him and has told a court he too is a victim of alleged fraudster Bill Papas, having sunk up to $9 million in the company.
Court orders CBA to hand over oil and gas project books in climate change case
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.
CBA can’t throw out ‘cuckoo-smurfing’ lawsuit
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has failed in its bid to dismiss a case brought by customers who claim they were the victims of "cuckoo-smurfing" and had funds seized as proceeds of crime because the bank breached its anti-money laundering obligations.
Gallop International hits law firm with $15.4M suit over company’s collapse
Collapsed forex broker Gallop International Group has sued its former law firm, claiming its failure to ensure the company complied with its obligations as a holder of an Australian financial services licence led to $15.4 million in investor funds being loaned to the company's director in Hong Kong.
ACCC’s witness statement method ‘quite unfair’, says judge hearing cartel case
The ACCC's practice of successively refining witness statements without saving draft versions was "quite unfair", says a judge overseeing the competition regulator's criminal cartel case over a botched ANZ share placement.
ACCC let JPMorgan lawyers review witness statement in cartel probe, court told
Lawyers for JPMorgan went to the ACCC's office to review a draft statement of the investment bank's then managing director Jeffrey Herbert-Smith, an immunity witness for the competition regulator in its troubled criminal cartel case over an ANZ share placement, a court has heard.
Law firms accused of negligence fight Dover Financial’s bid to add lawyers to case
Three law firms and a consultancy are fighting a bid by defunct financial advisor Dover Financial to bring negligence claims against two lawyers over a so-called client protection policy found to be "an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak".
Bridge Street Capital hit with costs for funding winding-up defence of ‘woefully’ insolvent developer
Corporate advisory firm Bridge Street Capital has been hit with costs for funding the defence to a winding up application for a Sydney property developer which a judge found was “woefully” insolvent.
E&P Financial to defend Dixon Advisory class action
E&P Financial Group says it will defend a class action brought against it, subsidiary Dixon Advisory and director Alan Dixon, alleging they reaped millions of dollars in fees by pushing unsuitable financial products onto investors.
Class action accuses Dixon Advisory of providing conflicted financial advice
Financial services company Dixon Advisory has been hit with a class action for allegedly pushing financial products onto investors that it stood to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from and failing to disclose its alleged conflict of interest.