Boral has asked the Full Court to hear its appeal of a decision allowing its former CEO to be questioned about an email that mentioned a confidential EY report.
A class action over S&P’s rosy ratings on risky financial products faces a preliminary fight over the relevance of expert evidence that seeks to prove fraud on the part of the ratings agency.
A class action by frustrated buyers over the $85 million sale of a Sydney development has failed to prevent the sale of lots, with a judge finding the class action’s claims lack evidence.
Trial in a shareholder class action against Boral has been halted amid an appeal over a decision to allow questioning of former CEO Michael Kane about an email that mentioned a confidential EY report.
Boral’s former CEO Michael Kane can be questioned at trial over a reference he made in an email to findings by EY about the building material group’s poor performing US windows business, despite claims that the findings were privileged.
A judge has ruled that two Deloitte partners can act as administrators for embattled wealth manager Keystone, replacing two voluntary administrators from KordaMentha, despite an alleged risk of conflict due to past work for the company.
ANZ has argued a sacked trader’s bid for discovery has turned into a “roving commission” of the bank’s culture in a lawsuit alleging the trader was terminated for complaining about the bank’s manipulation of the bank bill swap rate.
Buoyed by the recent trial success of CBA and other companies facing shareholder ire, building materials giant Boral is taking its chances at a hearing in a class action alleging disclosure breaches linked to its US windows business.
A judge has rejected claims that an investor in the Callide power station, which suffered a major failure in 2021, was responsible for delays in the administration of the station’s operator IG Power, saying the administrators’ ten month delay in investigating the incident was to blame.
Appellate guidance is needed on whether a history of cooperation between law firms that brought competing class actions can be the deciding factor in a close carriage contest, the Victorian Court of Appeal has heard.