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Liberty Financial appeals partial victory for ATO
Tax 2022-11-09 10:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Liberty Financial unit Minerva has challenged a judgment that found two schemes it carried out were done with the primary purpose of securing a tax advantage.

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Trial pokes holes in CBA’s claim of ‘cordial’ relationship with AUSTRAC
Trials 2022-11-08 10:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While CBA’s defence to a shareholder class action argues the bank did not need to disclose money laundering failures because it doubted AUSTRAC would take legal action, communications show it was drafting a defence six months before proceedings started, a trial has heard.

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Ex-Courtenay House director pleads guilty over $180M Ponzi scheme
White Collar 2022-11-08 9:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The former director of investment management fund Courtenay House has pleaded guilty to five criminal charges after an ASIC investigation revealed he duped 585 investors in a $180 million Ponzi scheme.

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‘Law breaking on a grand scale:’ CBA’s money laundering failures on trial
Class Actions 2022-11-07 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia knew about a “catastrophic” code error that caused widespread non-compliance with money laundering rules two years before it was disclosed to the market, a court has been told in a rare shareholder class action trial.

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NAB acted unconscionably with periodic payment fee overcharges, judge finds
Financial Services 2022-11-07 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has found National Australia Bank engaged in unconscionable conduct in knowingly overcharging thousands of customers periodic payment fees for four years.

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Australia ‘really needs’ an unfair practices law, ACCC deputy chair says
ACCC 2022-11-04 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The outgoing deputy chair for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Australia “really needs” a new unfair practices law, echoing sentiments from the regulator’s former boss.

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Wife of billionaire developer can’t suppress affidavits in $272M ATO case
Tax 2022-11-04 5:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The wife of a billionaire developer targeted in a $272 million proceeding by the Australian Taxation Office has lost a bid for suppression orders over the affidavits of a tax official she said would cause the couple to suffer reputational and commercial harm.

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Dell misled online customers about inflated discounts during COVID lockdowns, ACCC says in new case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-04 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

The consumer regulator has taken Dell Australia to court for allegedly making misleading statements about the price of add-on monitors that could be purchased with Dell computers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Class action trial looms for CBA over money laundering disclosures
Class Actions 2022-11-03 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia faces trial Monday in one of several class actions filed against a major Australian company in recent years over allegedly lax money laundering practices and disclosures.

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Crypto, greenwashing and predatory lending on ASIC’s radar amid ‘near-perfect storm’
ASIC 2022-11-03 3:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is targeting predatory lending, greenwashing and crypto-assets as rising interest rates cause consumers to turn to fringe sources of credit.

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