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Court tosses Clive Palmer’s latest challenge to criminal cases
The Queensland Supreme Court has tossed a judicial review application by mining magnate Clive Palmer seeking a declaration that criminal proceedings against him should be thrown out as abuses of process. 
Telstra’s case stayed against family of employee accused of $3M theft
Telstra's case against two family members of a former employee accused of stealing millions of dollars in phones and other electronics has been paused pending the outcome of criminal proceedings, with a court finding the telco's pursuit of proceeds of the alleged crime would prejudice the pair's right to silence.
Octaviar investors, class action funder dodge indemnity costs
The investor behind a failed class action against the Public Trustee of Queensland over the collapse of Octaviar Group has escaped a bid by the Trustee for maximum costs, with a judge ruling the case was not a "nakedly speculative venture" by the funder.
Funder was ‘moving force’ behind ‘doomed’ Octaviar class action, court told
The Public Trustee of Queensland asked a court Wednesday for indemnity costs from a global litigation funder its says was the "real moving force" behind a dismissed investor class action it called a "nakedly speculative venture".