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‘Blood out of a stone’: Class action settlement no big pay day for IPO Wealth investors
Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund are set to recoup only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses in a best-case settlement of a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled unit holders.
In loss for ATO, judge rules Liberty Financial schemes were not ‘artificial or contrived’
A judge has ordered that part of a decision by the Australian Taxation Office over three alleged schemes by Liberty Financial to obtain tax benefits be set aside, rejecting arguments that the corporate group’s operations were “artificial or contrived”.
In loss for TerraCom, Full Court finds ASIC can view PwC report
Coal mining firm TerraCom has lost its Full Court bid to shield a PricewaterhouseCoopers report from ASIC, on appeal from a judgment which found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.
Mazda’s conduct not just ‘appalling customer service’ but unconscionable, ACCC says
A judge was wrong to find that Mazda's treatment of customers with faulty vehicles was appalling but not unconscionable, and nowhere in his ruling is there an explanation for the distinction, the consumer regulator has told an appeals court.
ASIC can’t access PwC report at centre of privilege fight with Terracom
A judge has rejected a bid by the corporate regulator to access an unredacted PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by coal miner TerraCom ahead of a challenge to a decision that cleared the way for the regulator to eye the document as part of an investigation.
‘Where are our rights?’: ASIC wants to be heard in privilege row over PwC report
ASIC has renewed its bid to see a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by TerraCom in order to defend the coal mining company’s appeal of a judgment that found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.
7-Eleven class action funder wins first-ever interim payment from settlement
A judge has granted a litigation funder for two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven an interim payment to cover its costs ahead of a ruling on how much it can pocket from a $98 million settlement.
7-Eleven class action law firm’s billing practice ‘troubling’, court hears
A judge overseeing two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven that settled for $98 million has been urged to cut the payout to the law firm running the cases because it had a “troubling” practice of deferring its fees.
ASIC’s contempt case against Mayfair’s Mawhinney paused pending ban challenge
A judge has ordered a temporary stay of ASIC's case accusing Mayfair 101 director James Mawhinney of contempt for breaching a 20-year ban.
ASIC loses waiver argument over privileged docs in case against REST
A judge has panned ASIC’s bid to discover a wide range of privileged communications between super fund REST and various legal advisers, finding the regulator used a “very wide net” to catch nothing at all.