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Downer EDI hit with second shareholder class action over accounting irregularities
Infrastructure services company Downer EDI has been hit with a second shareholder class action following revelations of accounting irregularities that sent its share price tumbling.
Ex-BCEG directors claw back costs after shaving $12.5M off judgment
Two ex-directors of Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG who were found to have defrauded the company have succeeded in clawing back a portion of their costs of a partially successful appeal which reduced the amount owing to their former employee by around $12.5 million.
Class action argues fraud exception makes Norton Rose, Deloitte emails fair game
A class action over the collapse of Walton Construction has argued the National Australia Bank cannot shield communications with Norton Rose Fulbright and Deloitte because they were made to further a fraud or otherwise had an illegal or improper purpose.
Class action plaintiffs get same relief from limitation periods as group members: judge
A judge has found that lead plaintiffs in a class action by commercial fishing operations against Gladstone Ports can bring new claims out of time, saying it would be “grossly inconsistent” if group members had broader limitation relief than representative parties.
Sika’s deal with MBCC Group wins clearance from ACCC with sell-off
The ACCC has given its blessing to Sika's planned acquisition of Germany-based MBCC Group, subject to the divestiture of MBCC's Australian and New Zealand business.
Judge won’t stay reference in ‘monumental’ Santos, Fluor litigation
A judge won't stay a reference process which US company Fluor claims is infected with bias, in a "monumental" dispute with energy giant Santos that has already generated a $57.5 million legal bill for the engineering firm.
In loss for Haymarket builder, appeals court says new defect claims not new cause of action
The builder of an allegedly defective Haymarket apartment building has lost an appeal of a decision which found that separate breaches of statutory building warranties do not create individual causes of action.
Architecture firm to pay $975,000 for attempting to rig bids on $250M university project
Award-wining architecture firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall and its former boss have agreed to pay a combined $975,000 in penalties for attempting to rig bids on a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.
ACCC says it’s too late for regrets in BlueScope price-fixing case
BlueScope Steel spent $27 million defending the ACCC's claims that it engaged in serious cartel conduct in relation to the supply of flat steel products in Australia, and its apologies came too late to warrant a penalty discount, a court has heard.
Sydney silk reprimanded for alleged sexual harassment and workplace bullying
A leading construction and commercial law silk in Sydney has been subject to a reprimand by the NSW legal services commissioner for alleged sexual harassment and workplace bullying.