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Count Financial can’t join insurer to $15.3M lawsuit against ex-financial advisor
Count Financial has failed in its bid to put a former financial advisor's insurers on the hook for a $15.3 million lawsuit brought by his former clients, as the accounting services company seeks to claw back its losses allegedly resulting from the advisor's breaches of his duty of care and skill.
NAB’s ‘grossly deficient’ systems prompted ASIC’s second fees-for-no-service case, court hears
National Australia Bank's "grossly deficient" systems and failure to swiftly bring its processes into compliance prompted ASIC to launch its second fees-for-no-service case against the bank, the Federal Court has heard.
Barclays, other banks in forex cartel class action must produce US case docs
A judge has ordered a group of banks facing a competition class action over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging to hand over documents they produced as part of settlement agreements in class actions in the US and Canada.
Cargill wins bid to call King & Wood Mallesons solicitor as a witness
A judge has granted Cargill Australia's request to call a King & Wood Mallesons solicitor that represented Viterra as a witness in the epic trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra's Joe White business to Cargill in 2013.
Viterra points finger at ex-employees in trial over $420M Joe White sale
Viterra is blaming several former employees for representations made about malt quality in the lead-up to the $420 million sale of its Joe White business to Cargill Australia in 2013.
Judge bars 7-Eleven from WhatsApp message to class
7-Eleven has lost its bid to use a confidential bulletin sent to class members via WhatsApp as defence evidence in an ongoing franchisee class action, with a judge rejecting the company's claims the document was no longer shielded by legal professional privilege.