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Ben Roberts-Smith accused in court of ‘deliberate concealment’ of docs, as AFP confirms probe
News publishers facing a defamation suit by Ben Roberts-Smith have called on the war veteran to explain alleged "deliberate concealment" of documents relevant to the case, as the Australian Federal Police reveals they are investigating claims he buried evidence.
Ben Roberts-Smith trial to feature testimony from Afghan witnesses about alleged murder
A judge has allowed four Afghan witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed Afghan citizen off a cliff to give evidence remotely when the Australian war veteran's defamation case against three newspapers heads to trial in June.
Macquarie appeals $330,000 penalty for ‘defective and deficient’ adviser pay system
Macquarie Bank is challenging a ruling that it pay $330,000 in pecuniary penalties after it was found to have underpaid a group of former financial advisers because of a "defective and deficient" payment system.
Macquarie’s ‘defective’ payment system should have rung alarm bells, judge says
Macquarie Bank has been ordered to fork out $330,000 to dozens of former advisers for a "defective and deficient" system which saw the bank fail to pay a raft of employment entitlements.
AMP settles contentious $2.7M legal battle with former GC
AMP has settled legal proceedings brought by a former general counsel who claims she was sacked from the wealth management firm after raising concerns about its fees for no services conduct.
Macquarie Bank on the hook for paying advisers leave entitlements
Former Macquarie Bank financial advisers who claimed their commission pay structure left them shortchanged have won their case for back pay for annual and personal leave, in the first decision in a group of cases against the wealth manager.
Ex-AMP lawyer looks to strike out claim she ‘disparaged’ board
A former general counsel of AMP who claims she was sacked from the wralth management firm after raising concerns about its fees for no services conduct is looking to strike out defence claims that she "frequently and openly disparaged" the company's board, as well as claims that she was being performance managed.
Judge dismisses Macquarie bid for ‘irrelevant’ tax docs in underpayments suit
Three former Macquarie Bank financial advisors who claim the bank underpaid them have successfully appealed a decision ordering them to hand over personal tax assessments, with an appeals court finding that the most the bank could make of the documents was to “inflict a degree of embarrassment” on its ex-employees.
Ex-AMP lawyer ‘disparaged’ GC to Big Six partner, court told 
The identity of a Big Six partner to whom a former AMP lawyer allegedly criticised her superior has been revealed in court during a heated exchange between the barristers in the unfair dismissal proceeding.
Former AMP general counsel says document claim ‘tantamount to extortion’
A former general counsel who claims she was sacked from AMP after raising concerns about the company's fees for no services conduct has mostly succeeded in her bid for further particulars of allegations made in the company's defence, including a claim that she called "tantamount to extortion".