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On ‘third birthday’ of PwC class action, judge rails against slow progress
Class Actions 2023-03-21 8:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has blasted the lack of progress in an investor class action against accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and asset finance lender Axsesstoday over an allegedly misleading $50 million prospectus.

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Former JPMorgan head trader Mark McCabe charged with fraud
White Collar 2023-03-17 3:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former JPMorgan executive has been charged with eight counts of fraud for allegedly misappropriating $940,350 from clients of his defunct companies, Guevara Capital and Online Trading Capital. 

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Broker loses appeal of 2014 banning order, again
Appeals 2023-02-21 3:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A mortgage broker has lost his challenge to a tribunal’s decision to uphold a lifelong ban by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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NAB defeats unconscionable conduct case by vehicle finance brokerage
Financial Services 2022-10-14 9:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has tossed a broker’s lawsuit against NAB and its former subsidiary FAST, finding the bank was entitled to terminate its accreditation over the use of a banned broker’s trail book.

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Franchisees in class action against Hog’s Breath Cafe lose appeal of $1.2M security order
Class Actions 2022-09-26 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

A potentially stultifying order for $1.23 million in security for costs in a class action against the Hog’s Breath Cafe restaurant chain has survived a challenge by the franchisees.

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Onus on franchisor to prove $1.2M security would not kill class action, Full Court told
Class Actions 2022-08-22 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fighting what they say is a stultifying $1.23 million order for security for defence costs in a class action, franchisees of Hog’s Breath Cafe have argued it is up to the restaurant chain to prove group members can pony up the dough.

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Nimble Money wins appeal in shareholder’s bid to peek at books
Financial Services 2022-08-08 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The largest shareholder in payday lender Nimble has lost its challenge to a decision blocking it from accessing company documents about an impending debt refinance, with an appeals court finding the investor’s concerns had “an air of commercial unreality”.

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Sale of Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights mansion ‘could turn into a circus’, court hears
White Collar 2022-05-09 10:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Court-appointed receivers have told the court they should be trusted to determine the the best method for selling the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick, warning a public auction “could turn into a circus”.

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Melissa Caddick’s unemployed husband stakes claim to homes, cars
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-04-19 5:19 pm By Sam Matthews

The husband of Sydney conwoman Melissa Caddick has staked his claim to a share of his late wife’s estate, and asked the court to deliver up a bundle of property, including Caddick’s Gucci wedding dress.

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Melissa Caddick’s parents say receivers not entitled to Edgecliff home
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-04-11 7:06 pm By Sam Matthews

The parents of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick have staked their claim over her $2.6 million Edgecliff home, which they say they have lived in since 2017 according to a binding agreement with their daughter.

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