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A fight is brewing over whether US and UK passengers aboard the Ruby Princess should be part of a class action against cruise operators Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines over their handling of a deadly coronavirus outbreak on the ship that has been linked to at least 20 deaths.
A judge overseeing the Ruby Princess class action has cautioned funders against "double dipping" when seeking payouts from group members, while cruise line Carnival has attempted to shift part of the blame for the COVID-19 debacle onto the Prime Minister.
Sydney-based liquidator David Iannuzzi has been disqualified from serving as an insolvency practitioner for 10 years, in the first case brought by the Australian Tax Office under the Corporations Act's ban on tax avoidance schemes.
Veritas Advisory liquidator David Iannuzzi has admitted to "quite significant deficiencies" in his conduct as a liquidator and agreed to a 10-year ban from serving as an insolvency practitioner.
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency's case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.
An appeals court has ordered the judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill's $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business to reconsider his decision to allow an in-house lawyer at Glencore to access "highly confidential" deal documents.
Viterra has been hit with costs for persisting with a special leave application to the High Court seeking to compel Cargill to turn over emails exchanged with its lawyers at Allens during the sale of its Joe White Maltings business, even after Cargill agreed to waive privilege and produced the documents.
A judge in the high-stakes trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra's Joe White malt business to Cargill has denied Cargill's request to have settlement talks admitted as evidence, shooting down the agricultural giant's argument that the talks were needed to challenge Glencore in-house counsel's assertion that he is of good character and will not breach a confidentiality agreement.
In-house counsel at Glencore has been granted access to "highly confidential" documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business so that he can mull a settlement offer.
A judge has ruled in-house counsel at Glencore can't view "highly confidential" documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business.