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Sargon liquidators take Diversa to court, mull insolvent trading claims against directors
Liquidators of Sargon Capital are pursuing a claim for $4 million against super trustee firm Diversa and are investigating potential insolvent trading claims against the collapsed fintech's directors.
NAB defeats unconscionable conduct case by vehicle finance brokerage
A judge has tossed a broker’s lawsuit against NAB and its former subsidiary FAST, finding the bank was entitled to terminate its accreditation over the use of a banned broker’s trail book.
‘No brainer’ that Arrium was failing when directors drew down funds, court told
Several lenders have appealed a ruling that found they failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse, saying it was a “no brainer” that the company was in dire straits when its directors sought extra funds.
Arrium lenders hit with extra costs after rejecting $10M settlement offers
A group of banks that failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse have been ordered to pay indemnity costs after a court found they rejected $10 million settlement offers three days into the trial.
Law firm would have had onus of proof in Arrium cross-claim defence, judge says
Herbert Smith Freehills this week escaped a cross-claim that its advice made it liable for the alleged losses of Arrium's lenders, but the judge who tossed the claim along with the banks' cases expressed doubts about one of the law firm's key arguments, a warning to other firms caught up in litigation as so-called concurrent wrongdoers.
Banks lose cases against directors over $2.8B collapse of steel giant Arrium
A judge has dismissed two cases brought by the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and other lenders against directors of the failed steel giant Arrium, saying he was not satisfied the directors' representations on loan drawdown notices were false or that the company was insolvent when it went into voluntary administration in April 2016.
Judge scolds Delta Coal liquidators for late notification of insolvent trading case
A Federal Court judge has criticised the liquidators of coal mining company Delta for waiting over two years to file insolvent trading proceedings against former directors when the same issues of solvency had already been raised in two other cases.
Arrium settlement was a ‘substantial compromise’, judge says
A settlement reached in a lawsuit by the liquidators of collapsed steel giant Arrium against 10 former company directors accused of insolvent trading has been approved by a judge, who noted that while the settlement amount was "substantial", the deal involved a "substantial compromise".
Settlement reached in lawsuit against Arrium directors
A mid-trial settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by the liquidators of collapsed steel giant Arrium against 10 former company directors and officers for allegedly engaging in insolvent trading.
Herbert Smith Freehills says Arrium lenders ‘a million miles away’ from properly run case
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has attacked a lawsuit brought by a group of lenders against collapsed steel giant Arrium, rejecting claims that $430 million in loans was borrowed under misleading or deceptive representations.