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Rinehart family ordered into mediation in long-running feud over $4B trust
A judge has ordered the Rinehart family to enter mediation in their feud over a $4 billion trust, saying it was "overwhelmingly in the interests of the administration of justice" to seek an end to the long-running and bitter dispute.
Director’s illness no excuse to dodge employee PAYG, super payments, appeals court finds
A restaurant director will have to pay over $33,000 in unpaid tax after an appeals court found that despite a prolonged period of severe illness it was still reasonable to expect that management of the business and the fulfillment of tax obligations would continue.
Judge sends HIH Insurance legal fee fight back to the drawing board
A NSW Supreme Court judge has raised concerns about a dispute over fees owed to two law firms and a funder in relation to four shareholder actions brought against the liquidators of HIH Insurance.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth subpoena set aside in Rinehart family feud
A subpoena issued by the daughter of mining magnate Gina Rinehart seeking documents from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, the law firm representing her mother's company, has been set aside by a judge, who found the material had no forensic purpose in the family's long-running fight over a $5 billion trust.
Legal fee fight looms in HIH Insurance shareholder actions
Lawyers behind four quasi representative proceedings against the liquidators of collapsed HIH Insurance have launched a bid to recoup the costs of their successful 18-year-long legal battle.
Judge tosses Babcock & Brown cases, finds ‘serious problems’ with market-based causation
A judge has dismissed three proceedings by shareholders against the liquidator of failed global financial services firm Babcock & Brown, in a finding that highlights "serious problems" with market-based causation and may have ramifications for securities class actions.
Judge shoots down ASIC’s ‘amorphous’ request for inquiry into liquidators
A judge has dismissed an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to investigate two Sydney-based liquidators, saying the regulator had failed to prove its suspicions about the pair.
Gina Rinehart can’t block handover of $4B family trust docs to daughter Bianca
Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has lost a bid to dismiss prior court orders to produce documents relating to the $4 billion family trust to her daughter, Bianca Rinehart.