Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has denied allegations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that he breached his duties when awarding broadcasting rights for the Australian Open and other tournaments to the Seven Network in 2013.
Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has appealed a $850,000 judgment against it in a defamation case brought by actor Geoffrey Rush, saying the judge who presided over the case was biased.
Lawyers for Deloitte were questioned by an appeals court Monday after arguing that the accounting giant’s partners had no access to the firm’s files, stored in a locked “litigation room”, and no power to hand them over to comply with discovery orders in a shareholder class action over the collapse of client Hastie Group.
The Montarra oil spill class action trial has been pushed back by two weeks, following the filing of late expert evidence by the applicants “without leave, without notice,” according to oil company PTTEP.
Banking giant Westpac has criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s old fashioned approach to home loan serviceability, saying its own complex system is more efficient and would “pass muster” in the face of the regulator’s allegations that it breached responsible lending laws.
A former Queensland police officer who reported a fellow officer to a disciplinary tribunal for misconduct after he was seen receiving oral sex from another officer in a police car is not entitled to whistleblower protection because the complaint was not a public interest disclosure, a court has found.
Drug maker Janssen will drop its long-running patent lawsuit against Alphapharm after the generic drug maker agreed to refrain from making products that allegedly infringe Janssen’s patents for its HIV drug Prezista.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has narrowed its case against Westpac ahead of a high-stakes trial over the bank’s alleged violations of lending laws, striking claims that certain home loans were unsuitable for consumers.
The NSW Government has successfully added a proportionate liability claim against two contractors to its defence in the Sydney light rail nuisance class action, over the objections of the lead plaintiff in the case.
Woolworths’ knowledge of its poor performance on price perception among shoppers in 2014 is at the centre of a $100 million shareholder class action against the retailer, a court heard Friday.