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AkzoNobel hit with new lawsuit over $45B Ichthys LNG project
Japanese oil company Inpex has sued Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for allegedly making misleading statements about an epoxy coating it supplied for use in the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas project in Bladin Point, Darwin.
Payday lender Cigno loses bid to overturn ASIC’s short-term credit lending ban
Payday lender Cigno has lost its appeal of a ruling which upheld ASIC’s first product intervention order banning the use of short-term lending models with “excessive” fees.
ASIC ban of RI Advice financial planner accused of double charging clients sticks
A tribunal has rejected a bid for review of ASIC's decision to permanently ban an RI Advice financial planner who was accused of double charging his clients.
Findex’s High Court challenge in case against former financial advisor falls flat
Accounting firm Findex Australia has lost a bid for the High Court to hear its case over a restraint provision against a former financial advisor found to have been unenforcable.
Findex can’t enforce ‘convoluted’ restraint clauses against advisor who poached clients, court says
Accounting firm Findex has lost an appeal of a court's judgment tossing its case against a former financial advisor, despite the court finding he had poached the company's clients and caused $742,000 in losses.
Hiding name of buyer in Antares oil deal a breach of disclosure obligations, court says
In a win for ASIC, a judge has found that former oil and gas company Antares Energy violated its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to reveal the name of the buyer behind an ill-fated US$254 million acquisition of Texan oil assets.
ASIC wins appeal of ruling overturning life ban against financial adviser
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its challenge to a tribunal ruling that overturned a permanant ban imposed on a RI Advice Group authorised financial planner who double charged his clients.
Farooq Khan, other directors breached their duties in battle over Keybridge Capital, court says
Perth-based Farooq Khan has lost a key case in the battle for control over investment firm Keybridge Capital, after a judge invalidated a board decision to suspend activist investor Nicholas Bolton as CEO and terminate chair John Patton on the basis of Khan’s breach of his directors’ duties.
Farooq Khan’s Bentley Capital sues Keybridge in latest bid to oust Nicholas Bolton as CEO
Perth-based Farooq Khan has taken his bitter dispute with activist investor Nicholas Bolton to court, suing Keybridge Capital and two of its four directors ahead of a general shareholder meeting next month.
Ashley & Martin’s hair loss treatment contracts unfair, judge finds
Ashley & Martin signed up 25,000 customers to its hair loss program on contracts that put them on the hook for paying for treatment they didn't receive, a judge has found.