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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.
Docs seized in AFP raid of convicted land mogul’s offices can be handed to liquidators
The Full Federal Court has dismissed two appeals by convicted land mogul Allen Caratti seeking to prevent liquidators of five of his companies from obtaining documents seized in two 2015 raids by the Australian Federal Police.
Another dispute over Ichthys LNG project may be brewing
The contractor behind the Ichthys LNG project has won court approval to use documents discovered in its lawsuit against Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for use in any potential dispute with INPEX, the head company behind the liquid natural gas project.
Judge sends suit in Mineralogy Sino Iron litigation ‘shemozzle’ to WA
A Federal Court judge has transferred a case brought against Clive Palmer and his firm Mineralogy to the Western Australian Supreme Court, where a number of suits are pending in what has been described as "litigious warfare" over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron Ore project.
Receivers can pay priority claims of employees directly, judge rules
Receivers, not just liquidators, can distribute assets to satisfy priority claims of an insolvent company's employees, a judge has ruled, settling a question of law under the Corporations Act.
Liquidator loses appeal to block evidence as ATO aims at 10 year ban
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency's case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.
Clive Palmer sued over contract for $5.8B iron ore mine
Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC and two of its subsidiaries have taken mining magnate Clive Palmer and his firm Mineralogy to court over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron Ore Project in Western Australia.