Financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC is investigating whether three companies in the Bell Financial Group have contravened anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules.
An appeals court grilled counsel for the ACCC on the first day of a hearing challenging the dismissal of its case over a NSW government deal to privatise two ports, calling on the lawyer to spell out how the state was alleged to be in competition with the consortium that took over the ports.
The organiser of the Big Red Bash outback music festival has appealed a judgment denying it coverage for $3.2 million cancellation of the festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic
Avant Insurance has challenged a Federal Court judge’s interpretation of the Insurance Contracts Act in its second attempt to avoid liability for the defence costs of a plastic surgeon named in a class action brought over botched breast augmentations.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about a proposed takeover of NSW-based pet drug maker Jurox by US animal health giant Zoetis.
Lawyers leading a class action against the Commonwealth Bank over its alleged money laundering compliance failures are getting their ducks in a row in the event the Full Court rules the court has the power to shut out unregistered group members from a class action.
An Australian fashion designer suing Katy Perry over the rights to use the Katy Perry trade mark in Australia is a “calculating and dishonest witness” whose “utterly dishonest” testimony should not be believed, counsel for the pop star said during closing submissions.
Seven Network has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a Nyamal man who the broadcaster wrongly identified as the suspect in the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith in Western Australia.
Evidence of anxiety felt by 7-Eleven franchisees leading class actions against the convenience store giant was relevant to whether the funder could earn a $25 million commission from the proceeds of a settlement, a court has heard.
Decorated Afghanistan war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has accused his ex-wife of lying to journalists, lawyers and the court in order to “seek revenge” for his alleged infidelity.