Mercer Super faces enforcement action by ASIC, alleging the superannuation giant failed to inform the watchdog about investigations into serious issues, including a failure to refund premiums to dead members.
HESTA Super has complained that the tax office has unfairly stripped it of $11 million in franking credits, denying it did not hold the credits ‘at risk’ for the required 45-day period.
The privacy regulator has brought a case against Optus over a 2022 data breach that affected up to 10 million people, as the telco faces a class action and related proceedings by the media regulator.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has accused his lawyer of longstanding, Sam Iskander, of stealing $30 million in legal fees from his mining company Mineralogy.
A former Cornwalls client has brought proceedings over a $486,000 legal bill, claiming the law firm failed to provide updated costs estimates and did not disclose counsel rates while acting in a tribunal matter against a builder.
Kmart is facing legal action to determine whether the retail giant has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct over alleged forced labour of members of a Chinese ethnic minority group.
German car hire company SIXT has sued Darwin International and Alice Springs airports for $1.9 million, alleging its lease arrangements with the airports did not allow for rent reductions.
Actor Rebel Wilson has been sued by a UK production company that co-produced her film The Deb, claiming she “deliberately undermined” the movie’s distribution.
The liquidators of collapsed developer FW Projects have filed action against former directors of the company, seeking to claw back debts of millions of dollars arising from alleged insolvent trading.
A three-time Olympic figure skater has sued the NSW Ice Skating Association, alleging that a notice it circulated to members regarding a sexual misconduct finding and ban imposed by the US Centre for SafeSport was defamatory.