Several banks and executives facing criminal cartel charges over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement have won access to interview notes taken by whistleblower JP Morgan prior to it being granted immunity, which the banks say will prove inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case.
The director of building company Modscape has lost his bid to access Gadensâ advice concerning an allegedly false and malicious letter sent to the Victorian Building Authority that questioned his financial probity.
Ben Roberts-Smith faces potential reprisal from the Taliban as a soldier accused of war crimes, a judge has been told as she hears a dispute over the release of documents on four key Afghani witnesses set to testify in his upcoming defamation trial.
A $38.4 million settlement in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health has been given the greenlight by a Federal Court judge, who also approved the funders’ recovery of after-the-event insurance, a decision that puts him at odds with some of his colleagues on the bench.
A shareholder class action against Crown Resorts can access transcripts of interviews conducted by the Victorian gaming regulator with former top brass and two Crown employees who were arrested in China in 2016 as part of a crackdown on gambling
A former QC who is now a judge on the Victorian Supreme Court judge has been hit with costs following a ruling that he and a law firm acquired by Russell Kennedy provided negligent advice to a former client on a land purchase contract.
A judge weighing a $38.4 million settlement in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health has been told that two NSW Court of Appeal judgments barring class closure were âplainly wrongâ, but in deciding whether to lock group members out of the settlement the judge says he wonât need to grapple with the landmark rulings.
Qantas has secured a temporary injunction from a Singapore court blocking a former company executive from starting a new position at competitor Virgin Australia.
Ben Roberts-Smith threatened legal action against his ex-wife, who is set to give evidence against him in an upcoming defamation trial, if she disclosed information to Fairfaxâs lawyers that is subject to a confidentiality agreement, a court has heard.
The director of building company Modscape is fighting to access Gadensâ advice concerning an allegedly false and malicious letter sent to the Victorian Building Authority which questioned his financial probity.