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Tokio Marine goes on the offensive, accuses Greensill of fraud
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-04-04 10:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill Capital has been accused of fraudulently obtaining policies from its largest insurer, Japan-based Tokio Marine, which has been dragged into four lawsuits over a trade credit policy issued in 2019.

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KPMG liquidators can’t dodge examination over handling of Jewel of India sale
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-31 5:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Liquidators for ready-made meals producer Jewel of India have lost their bid to dodge public examination over their alleged poor handling of the businessā€™ sale and failure to investigate potential claims against the Commonwealth Bank.

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Liquidators can bring claims against Steller Development directors over $300M collapse
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-29 6:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has allowed the liquidators of Melbourne-based Steller Development to bring proceedings against its directors, the latest claims to be leveled in the wake of the developer’s 2019 collapse, which left an estimated $300 million owing to creditors.

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High Court to weigh in on peak indebtedness rule in win for Gunns liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-25 5:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

The High Court will clarify the so-called peak indebtedness rule used by liquidators recouping payments to unsecured creditors, granting a special leave application brought by the liquidators of collapsed forestry giant Gunns Group.

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High Court won’t hear Clive Palmer’s appeal over $102M Queensland Nickel loan
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-03-25 1:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

The High Court has declined a special leave application by Clive Palmer-owned mining firms challenging a judgment which ordered the billionaire to repay a $102 million loan taken out from Queensland Nickel prior to its collapse in 2016.

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‘Everybody is incredulous’: Silk tells court of surprise at Norman O’Bryan’s fall from grace
Legal Ethics 2022-03-23 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Commenting on the unprecedented nature of the case against her client — the so-called postbox solicitor in the Banksia Securities class action — a senior barrister has told a court of her shock at the conduct of her former colleague at the bar, Norman O’Bryan, who acted as lead counsel in the scandal-ridden litigation.

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Greensill says insurer BCC liable for misleading statements if IAG right
Insurance 2022-03-22 3:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance Australia Group agent Bond & Credit Company owes damages for misleading representations to Greensill Capital if the insurer was not authorised to enter into a trade credit policy at the centre of four lawsuits over the collapse of the financial services firm, a court has been told.

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Virgin scores High Court win in spat with Wells Fargo over leased engines
High Court 2022-03-16 7:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

US bank Wells Fargo and Florida-based aviation leasing company Willis Lease Finance will have to pay $500,000 for the relocation of leased aircraft engines to Virgin after losing a High Court bid to have the airline foot the bill.

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Hastie’s claim against Lendlease in $68M suit ā€˜untenableā€™, court hears
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-16 10:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A bid by the liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group for Lendlease to pay back funds it withdrew under bank guarantees is ā€œuntenableā€ and ā€œmisconceivedā€, a court has heard in a $68 million case that also targets Multiplex, Grocon and John Holland.

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Careers Australia liquidator can pursue overseas directors on evidence of insolvent trading
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-04 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews

The liquidator of collapsed vocational education provider Careers Australia can serve its lawsuit on two of the companyā€™s former directors now living overseas, after a judge found a prima facie case of insolvent trading and breaches of directors duties had been made out.

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