Judges

A judge has ordered the former CEO and chief legal officer of Star to pay a combined $1.1 million in penalties for failing to act on "obvious" money laundering risks, but said the fines would have been higher had ASIC not struck a "generous" settlement with other directors.

The High Court has unanimously sided with the corporate regulator in finding that cryptocurrency firm Block Earner's 'Earner' product was a financial product and a derivative and that it required a financial services licence. 

The High Court has slashed by 75 per cent the exemplary damages won by former youth detainees in Darwin who were unlawfully sprayed with tear gas, despite finding the conduct was "reprehensible". 

Former directors of failed clothing retailer Mosaic Brands are claiming privilege over retainer letters between Deloitte and the company as special purpose liquidators investigate potential insolvent trading and directors duty breach claims.

Honda has succeed in challenging a $13.6 million damages award to a former dealer whose contract was broken when the car maker transitioned away from a dealer model.

Sportsbet has been ordered to provide a class action with audit position papers from the tax office, as the applicants look to interrogate whether the ATO might exercise its discretion to refund Sportsbet's payments if the company loses the case. 

Super fund trustee REST Nominees is the first of the Dexus bloc of APAC shareholders to challenge a finding that a default notice issued by the board of the airport operator was valid.

A judge has rejected Hall & Wilcox's bid to narrow the terms of the court's inquiry into whether legal advice it provided to defunct construction group Hastie was reasonable, before a costs assessor weighs in on the firm's $18.6 million legal bill. 

Asset Energy has failed in its bid for judicial review of the denial of an extension for a permit for its PEP11 gas exploration project off the Hunter coast in NSW.

A judge has refused a bid by the director of property developer Vantager to stay orders to sell his property while he appeals a decision finding him liable for a “brazen fraud” after a $45 million sale was negotiated for a Denham Court property that was only worth $10.8 million.