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High Court to clarify meaning of ‘officer’ under Corporations Act
Appeals 2019-05-21 2:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has granted ASIC special leave to appeal a judgment that let a former director of Gold Coast finance company MFS Group partially off the hook for $147.5 million in misappropriated funds, after ASIC argued the High Court should intervene to clarify the scope of the word “officer” under the Corporations Act.

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Quintis class action trial could be two years away, with ASIC case to run first
Class Actions 2019-05-09 9:31 pm By Amelia Birnie

The Quintis shareholder class action trial could be delayed for almost two years, while ASIC runs its civil proceedings case against the founder of the sandalwood oil production company.

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High Court orders Rinehart family feud out of the spotlight
Arbitration 2019-05-08 3:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has sided with Gina Rinehart in relation to a dispute with two of her children over billions of dollars in iron ore mining assets, saying the matter should be heard in arbitration.

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Property developers accused of ‘gaming the system’ at GST class action trial
Class Actions 2019-05-01 10:58 pm By Amelia Birnie

Multiple Canberra property developers have been accused of deliberately trying to avoid repaying GST to home buyers at the outset of a class action trial involving almost 500 apartment owners.

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Quantum used threats to push its property managers on affordable housing scheme participants, ACCC claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-29 12:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The consumer regulator has dragged Western Australia’s Quantum Housing and its sole director to court for allegedly engaging in unconscionable conduct and false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a government-sponsored affordable housing program that incentivises below-market rentals.

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Ticket reseller Viagogo duped customers, court finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-18 1:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Ticket reseller Viagogo will face penalties after the court found it duped customers into thinking it was an official ticket vendor and failed to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent, causing some customers to pay hundreds of dollars more than what their tickets were actually worth.

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High Court refuses special leave to losing GetSwift class action
Appeals 2019-04-18 10:48 am By Christine Caulfield

The battle over competing shareholder class actions against logistics tech company GetSwift is over, with the High Court rejecting a bid by one of the losing class action applicants to take another look at their case.

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Sandoz entitled to generic Lexapro licence, IP Australia finds in blow to Lundbeck
Intellectual Property 2019-04-15 10:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Generic drug maker Sandoz has secured a retroactive licence to manufacture a cheaper version of top-selling antidepressant Lexapro, the drug at the heart of a long-running patent infringement battle with pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck.

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Deloitte can’t escape class action claims over failure of Dick Smith
Class Actions 2019-04-11 9:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting giant Deloitte has failed in its bid to strike out claims made in two shareholder class actions alleging it was careless in auditing the financial statements of electronics retailer Dick Smith ahead of its collapse in 2016.

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Lundbeck sues IP Australia, Sandoz to escape undertaking over Lexapro licence
Intellectual Property 2019-04-09 4:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

Global pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck has launched a bid to escape a prior undertaking blocking it from appealing a court’s decision that allowed four generic drug makers to apply for licences to manufacture generic versions of popular antidepressant Lexapro.

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