ASIC has lost a bid to dismiss former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson’s application seeking declarations that she was unlawfully examined by the regulator over the company’s $162 million hostile takeover bid for Affinity Education Group.
Counsel for Peter Dutton has told a court a reader needed to do āmental gymnasticsā to understand activist Shane Bazziās ārape apologistā tweet as saying the minister doubted rape allegations rather than āexcusedā the act of rape.
The husband of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick will be vacating the coupleās harbour-view mansion as court-ordered receivers prepare to put it up for sale.Ā
Philips Electronics has hit back at a class action over recalled sleep apnea machines that contained a foam component that could allegedly degrade and cause consumers to inhale dangerous chemicals, saying the devices were not defective when they were sold.
A judge has given the liquidators of Big Un the go-ahead to serve the director of the collapsed video company through his LinkedIn account after several unsuccessful attempts to contact him about proceedings accusing him and others of violating their directors’ duties.
CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank Peter Schiff says Nine is refusing to meet his case āhead onā in its defence to defamation claims over a 60 Minutes episode accusing the bank boss of endorsing tax evasion and helping figures in organised crime.
Former One Nation senator Brian Burston has resolved court proceedings brought by a former staffer Wendy Leach accusing him of sexual harassment and discrimination.
A trial in a negligence case by a former solicitor and client of Sydney-based McCabes Lawyers has been vacated because of the firm’s non compliance with a court’s document discovery orders.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn will ask a court to approve $14.5 million in costs for running a class action against Colonial First State that has settled for $56.3 million, giving account holders 75 per cent of the proceeds.
The plaintiffs in a class action over alleged unfair flex commission arrangements have hit back at Macquarie Leasingās claims that out-of-pocket customers should have negotiated better deals with car dealers, arguing car loans were taken out as part of a āstaged sales processā that limited negotiation.