Andy Sidler

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is reviewing 551 audit-related complaints against KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and EY as part of surveillance triggered by the recent whistleblower scandal.

Diversa has been grilled by a parliamentary committee for its refusal to admit failures over the now defunct First Guardian fund, as ASIC reveals it has launched two additional investigations against the super fund trustee.

After waiting a year for discovery, a class action over allegedly faulty transmissions in Holden cars plans to ask the court to allow it to filter General Motors' data itself.

Mineral exploration company AVZ Minerals does not have the funds to defend itself in ASIC proceedings alleging it failed to disclose a critical legal dispute, including a forgery claim, related to a $32 million lithium mine deal, a court has heard.

As Bathla administrators reveal debts of over $3.4 billion, the corporate regulator has told a senate committee hearing the sheer number of private lenders that backed the company will make its tracing task difficult.

A former project manager who enlisted two associates to buy 11 million shares in Beacon Minerals before the market knew it had struck gold has been sentenced to one year in prison following a guilty plea. 

Cosette wants to strike out Mayne Pharma’s claim for damages over their thwarted $672 million merger, arguing it creates a multiplicity of cases in which various shareholder groups' interests conflict.

A judge has allowed collapsed oil and gas company Timor Sea Oil & Gas Australia to assign its claims against the Commonwealth over  alleged losses stemming from the loss of its petroleum licence rights.

An appeals court has found that a judge misapprehended the Evidence Act by saying the legal team in a dispute over $100 million in land may be complicit in obtaining evidence unlawfully, and that there was no need for the lawyers to withdraw from the case. 

Dexus is challenging the costs claimed by its opponents in a case over the sale of shares in Melbourne Airport operator APAC, calling out billed items that include after hours Uber Eats charges.