Industries

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the Commonwealth have been hit with a class action by the family members of four aviators who were killed when an army helicopter crashed off the coast of Queensland in 2023.

Auditing firm Auditeo is accused of serious failures in the latest action by the corporate regulator over the collapse of the First Guardian investment fund. 

A banned financial advisor who is suing former employer AMP Financial Planning for alleged unconscionable conduct is seeking to join AMP Bank to the case, claiming it made fraudulent misrepresentations.

A former director of defunct Falcon Capital has won a fight with ASIC over a proposed travel ban extension, following an emotional plea to a court in which he claimed to be a whistleblower. 

Heidelberg Materials' $1.7 billion acquisition of Maas Group Holdings' construction material unit has been approved by the ACCC provided it sheds three concrete plants and a quarry -- the regulator's first phase 1 review with conditions. 

Seymour Whyte has failed to recover millions in asbestos remediation costs from insurer Liberty, with an appeals court finding the costs related to the presence of asbestos at the site of a Melbourne road project and not its release.

The High Court has agreed on an early November hearing date in a dispute over Bass Strait hydrocarbon royalties, despite a plea to the heavens by counsel for Esso and Woodside.

A trial in the state of Victoria's dispute with the owners of Pakenham Place Shopping Centre over a compulsory land acquisition has been vacated.