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Clive Palmer’s wife can’t dodge liquidators’ grilling over Mineralogy’s assets
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-03-12 10:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators for the failed Queensland Nickel will be able to interrogate Clive Palmer’s wife over the assets of her husband’s other company, Mineralogy, after telling a court they feared Palmer was squandering company funds on his political campaign.

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Judge got the maths wrong in awarding $5.6M for accounting error, Pitcher Partner says
Appeals 2019-03-07 1:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge who hit Pitcher Partners with a $5.6 million damages ruling over an accounting error concealed from corporate client Neville’s Bus Service was wrong to hold that the transport operator’s losses flowing from the error were real, the firm has argued.

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AFT agrees to temporary injunction over new Maxigesic ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-05 8:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

AFT Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a court order temporarily restraining it from distributing point of sale material containing updated claims that its painkiller Maxigesic is more effective than other over-the-counter medications.

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Aft goes on the offensive, files lawsuit over new Maxigesic ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-26 2:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AFT Pharmaceuticals has filed a lawsuit seeking to pre-empt competitor Reckitt Benckiser from pursuing a lawsuit against it over recent ads for its painkiller Maxigesic.

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Former MP Ian Macdonald gets conviction overturned
White Collar 2019-02-25 9:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

A five-member appeals panel in the NSW Supreme Court has overturned former NSW Labor Minister for Mineral Resources Ian Macdonald’s conviction for wilful misconduct of public office in relation to the Doyles Creek Mining scandal.

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Judge makes ‘irresistible’ order that Pitcher Partners pay $3.3M in costs over hidden error
Financial Services 2019-02-25 2:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pitcher Partners just found another reason to challenge a ruling that it owes $5.6 million in damages for concealing an accounting error from a client — a ruling that socks it with $3.3 million in legal costs for its “deceit”.

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AFT not ready to take its medicine for ‘misleading’ Maxigesic ads
Appeals 2019-02-08 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AFT Pharmaceuticals has launched a partial challenge to a court ruling that its Maxigesic ads made a number of misleading claims, including thatĀ the drug provides stronger and more effective relief than ReckittĀ Benckiser’s Nuromol.

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Pitcher Partners appeals $5.6M damages award over concealed accounting error
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-05 2:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners will challenge a ruling that it owes a NSW bus operator $5.6 million in damages for fraudulently concealing a costly amortisation error.

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ACCC calls for $35M fine against Empower Institute
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-29 3:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking a $35 million penalty against Empower Institute after the court found the vocational trainer engaged in unconscionable conduct by “duping” customers into enrolling in courses they could not afford.

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Pitcher Partners fined $5.6M for concealing botched accounting
Financial Services 2019-01-07 8:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners has been ordered to pay more than $5.6 million in damages for fraudulently concealing an amortisation error that caused a well-known bus operator to face higher than expected costs in a NSW transport tender.

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