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Court calls ASIC out for ‘kitchen sink’ approach to pleadings in Mawhinney case
A judge has taken ASIC to task for pleading its remitter case against Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney in minute detail, but has rejected arguments the regulator ran the proceeding in an “oppressive and unmeritorious” way.
Mayfair’s Mawhinney hit with 15-year injunction in ASIC case
A judge has hit Mayfair Group director James Mawhinney with 15-year injunctions, after finding he took a "cavalier attitude to compliance" in marketing notes tied to Mission Beach properties in Queensland. 
Mayfair’s conduct ‘cannot be laid at the door of any lawyers’: judge
A judge has criticised Mayfair Group’s “directing mind” James Mawhinney in a do-over of ASIC’s case over notes tied to Mission Beach properties, saying “vociferous and continuous efforts” to blame others, including lawyers, for investor losses did not reflect well on him.
ASIC can’t seek penalties against M101 founder James Mawhinney
A judge has blocked ASIC from running a new case seeking penalties against investment group M101 Nominees and founder James Mawhinney on remittal from the Full Court, after the regulator admitted it made errors at its initial trial.
ASIC says James Mawhinney’s defamation case doesn’t clear ‘serious harm’ bar
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hit back at a defamation suit by Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney over a media release, saying it doesn't meet the new 'serious harm' threshold for defamation matters.
Mayfair’s James Mawhinney wins reversal of 20-year ban
The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has won an appeal against a decision that saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.
‘Most regrettable’: Mawhinney’s incompetence claims against lawyers don’t come close, judges say
Despite scoring a win Thursday in his appeals court battle with ASIC, Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney was criticized for his "spurious" claims against solicitors and counsel acting for him.