Horizon Oil has won its bid to shield Herbert Smith Freehills documents advising the company did not breach foreign bribery laws from being revealed in a defamation lawsuit brought against Fairfax Media by a Papua New Guinea government Minister.
Legal experts say a new policy unveiled by ASIC allowing individuals involved in serious violations of the Corporations Act to seek immunity in exchange for blowing the whistle on their co-conspirators will go a long way towards helping the regulator uncover “hidden and secretive” misconduct.
A former director of a Leighton Holdings subsidiary has been hit with a third foreign bribery charge after a six-year AFP investigation found bribes were paid to Tanzanian public officials to secure a mooring replacement contract worth $US66.48 million.
A royal commission has been established in Victoria to look into whether Crown Melbourne is suitable to hold a casino licence in the state, following a damning report from the NSW gaming authority.
The former chief financial officer of delisted Traditional Therapy Clinics has appeared in court after pleading guilty to market manipulation charges relating to transactions intended to create an artificial share price for the traditional therapy clinic company.
Creditors of the company run by missing Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick are unlikely to recoup their investments, with a court hearing the accused fraudster has just $5,600 in her bank accounts.
Global investment banks and executives accused of engaging in criminal cartel conduct in relation to a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement in 2015 will seek to quash the “incomprehensible” indictment filed against them, claiming it is full of “fallacies”.
Forty-four charges have been outlined in a long-awaited indictment in a criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, including 29 charges against top executives from ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup.
Law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell has failed to postpone its appeal of a ruling over unpaid legal fees until after its senior counsel — who is stuck in London — can get a COVID-19 vaccine and return to Australia.
A fraudster who robbed victims of $7.6 million by pretending to be a financial investor and barrister has had his jail sentence reduced from 16 years to 12, after a court of appeal heard his original sentence was “crushing” and did not reflect his guilty plea or lack of criminal record.