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Ex-Atrum Coal boss ordered to repay $6M to Hong Kong finance group
Financial Services 2020-02-06 5:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former director of Atrum Coal has been ordered to pay over $6 million owed to a unit of Hong Kong finance giant Argonaut Group after a prior default saw the former executive lose $12 million worth of shares in the company.

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Chinese investors can offload property, recoup losses from failed investment scheme
Real Estate 2020-02-06 3:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Gold Coast development property procured through a settlement with a Sydney-based financial advisory firm facing two separate class actions can be sold to recoup losses by investors who sank over $14 million into a property investment scheme, a court has found.

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Sydney light rail case ‘wholly unsuitable’ as a class action, Transport for NSW tells court
Class Actions 2020-02-06 1:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

The NSW government has flagged a possible challenge to a class action over Sydney’s $3 billion delayed light rail project as the four-week trial scheduled for June is pushed back another year to allow time for more discovery.

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Domain sues startup rival Zango over ‘misleading’ ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-02-06 12:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Online real estate giant Domain has filed a lawsuit against an up-and-coming competitor in the property listings market, alleging the startup’s ads misleadingly claim it will have property listings before any of its rivals.

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High Court won’t hear landowners case over payout for WestConnex project
Real Estate 2020-02-05 10:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Three Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired to make way for the WestConnex project have come to the end of the road in their fight for $56.5 million in compensation, with the High Court refusing to hear their case.

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ASIC wins case over options trader’s ‘deliberate deception’
Financial Services 2020-02-05 4:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

ASIC has chalked up a victory in a long-running case against a Marshall Islands-based binary options trader, with a judge finding the trader engaged in the “deliberate deception of vulnerable people”.

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Biotechs to battle in Federal Court over ‘Access’ trade marks
Intellectual Property 2020-02-05 2:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two biotech companies that provide molecular diagnostic products used in genetic screening will face off in Federal Court over whether one of the company’s ‘Access’ trade mark is likely to confuse consumers.

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Oliver Hume faces $12M legal challenge from overseas investors
Real Estate 2020-02-05 1:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate company Oliver Hume is facing three lawsuits from overseas investors seeking to get back the $12 million they invested in a mortgage fund that provided funding to property developers.

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Judge hits AMP with $5.2M penalty, says greedy financial adviser was ‘in the right place’
Financial Services 2020-02-05 11:05 am By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has imposed a penalty of almost $5.2 million on AMP Financial Planning after finding it was “reckless” in its “lamentable failure” to properly respond to a now banned adviser who was churning life insurance for higher commissions.

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Treasury Wine Estates faces another class action investigation
Class Actions 2020-02-05 9:36 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Maurice Blackburn has become the second law firm to consider a shareholder class action against Treasury Wine Estates over a recent earnings downgrade.

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