Former franchisees involved in a class action against RAMS are seeking to intervene in ASIC civil penalty proceedings against the defunct Westpac subsidiary.
Another failed class action is headed to the Full Court, with a case against ex-CBA unit Count Financial appealing a ruling that found advisors did not breach their duty to act in their clients’ best interest.
Payments processing company EML has agreed to pay $37.3 million to settle a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns with its anti-money laundering compliance.
A judge has dismissed applications by mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group to declass a group proceeding over allegedly worthless mortgage insurance, saying it would be more efficient for the claims to advance as a class action.
S&P has reached a settlement in a case by two Cayman Island companies over alleged defective ratings but a class action won’t settle until “hell freezes over,” a court has heard.
HSBC has hit back at ASIC’s claims that it failed to protect customers from scams, denying it breached its legislative duties despite admitting some of the regulator’s allegations concerning its compliance with the ePayments code, a voluntary code of conduct.
Big Four bank NAB has paid $751,200 for inaccurate credit data disclosures under the Consumer Data Right rules, the largest penalty to date for breaches of the regulations.
With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time.
Blockchain mining company NGS Crypto has consented to orders sought by ASIC amid concerns that hundreds of Australians who sank $21.1 million into the business were misled about the safety of their investments. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission took NGS Crypto Group and its Australian subsidiaries to court, seeking orders winding up the companies,…
A class action alleging a conspiracy against collapsed investment fund Blue Sky continues to be whittled down, with a court giving the firm’s founder the green light to drop claims against a handful of defendants, including law firm Gadens and AFR publisher Nine.