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Court’s backlog not reason enough to transfer Fair Work case, judge finds
Employment 2023-04-11 10:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge’s decision to transfer a PhD student’s Fair Work lawsuit against the University of Western Australia to the Federal Court because his court does not have the proper resources to consider it.Ā 

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WA government takes early swing at Banksia Hill class action
Class Actions 2023-02-08 4:45 pm By Sam Matthews

The Western Australia government has foreshadowed a strike-out application just one month after being hit with a class action on behalf of detainees in the state’s detention centres.

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Blue Star Helium’s former CEO stuck with ban after High Court rejects appeal
Appeals 2022-11-17 9:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has turned down the appeal of the former Blue Star Helium CEO who was hit with a $40,000 penalty and four-year ban after the company failed to disclose to shareholders the identity of the buyer behind a botched sale of Texas oil assets.

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Ex-Blue Star Helium CEO appeals banning order to High Court
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-09-26 3:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former CEO of Blue Star Helium has asked the High Court to throw out a $40,000 penalty and four-year ban imposed on him after the company failed to disclose to shareholders the identity of the buyer behind a botched sale of Texas oil assets.

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Full Court shoots down appeal by former Blue Star Helium CEO
Appeals 2022-08-08 6:14 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Federal Court has dismissed former Blue Star Helium CEO James Cruickshank’s challenge to a $40,000 penalty and four-year ban for failing to disclose to shareholders the identity of the buyer behind a botched sale of Texas oil assets.

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Forex Capital liquidators win ā€˜urgentā€™ order for $69.5M distribution to customers
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-05-24 5:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Forex Capital Trading liquidators have won an ā€œurgentā€ bid for orders allowing them to distribute $69.5 million to 8,600 former customers of the derivatives trader which allegedly gave misleading advice on products described as ā€œlittle more than gamblingā€.

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Blue Star Helium’s former boss appeals ban over ill-fated Texas oil asset sale
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-02-07 2:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former CEO of Blue Star Helium is challenging a ruling that slugged him with a $40,000 penalty and a four-year ban for failing to disclose to shareholders the identify of the buyer behind a botched sale of Texas oil assets.

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Ex-Antares Energy CEO banned for misleading market about $354M Texas oil sale
Securities 2021-12-17 6:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former CEO and chairman of Antares Energy has been banned from managing corporations for four years and hit with a $40,000 penalty for failing to disclose to the market the buyer behind an ill-fated US$254 million acquisition of Texas oil assets.

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Norton Rose wins appeal against sacked partner, but faulted for ‘serious error in judgment’
Employment 2021-11-26 7:14 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has won its appeal of a $160,000 judgment in favour of former partner Thomas Martin, with the Full Federal Court finding Martinā€™s allegations of deceit arose from ā€œan excess of suspicionā€ and ā€œcausal connections of the most tenuous kindā€.

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Court blocks short seller from releasing Vulcan Energy report
Energy & Natural Resources 2021-11-09 4:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lithium producer Vulcan Energy has won a court injunction blocking Beijing-based short seller J Capital from releasing a critical report on the Perth-based company for one week.

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