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Lawyers will try to serve missing Big Un founder on LinkedIn
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.
McCabes negligence trial delayed for firm’s discovery failures
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.
Mayfair’s James Mawhinney loses challenge to re-examination
The former director of Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Holdings, James Mawhinney, has lost his challenge to a judge’s decision allowing liquidators to examine him for an eighth day about the transfer of “considerable assets and funds” from the fund to other entities he controlled.
Ex-Deloitte director accused of $3M fraud suspended from restructuring group
A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million to fund lavish purchases, including an extensive art collection, has been referred to police and suspended by an association for Australian restructuring professionals.
Deloitte director ordered to repay $3M in case of ‘remarkable fraud’
A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million has agreed to court orders that he repay the money and hand over title to all assets -- including almost 100 works of art -- purchased with the alleged misappropriated funds.
Judge baulks at funder’s 70% commission for case over NewSat collapse
NewSat investor Rockgold Holdings has lost its bid to appoint a special purpose liquidator to run a lawsuit against eight major banks after a judge found its proposed 70 per cent funding fee “wholly disproportionate”.
Melissa Caddick’s unemployed husband stakes claim to homes, cars
The husband of Sydney conwoman Melissa Caddick has staked his claim to a share of his late wife’s estate, and asked the court to deliver up a bundle of property, including Caddick’s Gucci wedding dress.
ASIC suspends Dixon Advisory’s financial services licence
In yet another blow for the embattled wealth manager, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has suspended Dixon Advisory's financial services licence.
‘A remarkable fraud’: Deloitte takes director to court for alleged embezzlement
Deloitte has secured a freezing order on the assets and bank accounts of a director accused of stealing funds from the consulting giant, in what a judge has described as an alleged "remarkable fraud".
KPMG faces second class action by shareholders of collapsed mining company
KPMG has again been targeted in a class action by shareholders of a defunct mining company, this time over allegedly misleading statements made by CuDeco ahead of a $63 million capital raising in 2016 and before the company’s collapse in 2020.