Real estate asset manager Dexus will cover the legal costs of shareholders whose stake in Australia Pacific Airports Corporation hangs in the balance, as it reveals a $55 million book value increase.
ASIC has told a court that a PwC report into allegations of inaccurate coal pricing found that 12 “inconsistent” invoices issued by TerraCom resulted in a $1.15 million benefit to the company, contrary to the company’s claim that the audit found no wrongdoing.
The date has been set for a court battle over Dexus’ sale of shares in Asia Pacific Airport Corporation, a fight the operator of Melbourne and Launceston airports says needs 10 hearing days.
The Commonwealth is locked in a fight with a class action on behalf of Navy technicians over whether a referee’s report on damages mistakenly failed to include pre-judgment interest. The class action, brought in 2016 on behalf of 290 Navy marine technicians, seeks damages for the loss of income that resulted from the Navy’s breach…
Penalty proceedings in ASIC’s case against coal producer TerraCom have been put on ice until the regulator’s suit against the company’s directors goes to trial.
Lendlease can’t bring new claims in an unsuccessful fight over Campbelltown plots worth $120 million, with a judge finding it was not appropriate to allow the amendments “at this very late stage”.
Coal producer TerraCom has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve ASIC proceedings alleging it made misleading statement to the market that damaged a whistleblower’s reputation.
Dexus’ denial of a breach of confidentiality in a battle with co-owners of airport operator APAC is unlikely to hold up, a judge has said, and what appears to have been done can’t be undone. What the high-stakes row will come down to, he says, is materiality.
ASIC has asked the High Court to overturn a judgment in favour of cryptocurrency firm Block Earner, saying the decision would allow future products to escape regulation.
Real estate assets manager Dexus has won a court injunction against the forced sale of its shares in the company that operates Melbourne and Launceston Airports after allegations of confidentiality breaches.