A judge has refused to join the ATO as an interested party to a case over the receivership of investment platform Brite Advisors, after the receivers worried they could be on the hook for $75.4 million in capital gains tax.
The sacked CFO of Aaron Sansoni Group International who allegedly took control of the company’s domain names and the business name of its eponymous founder has been convicted of contempt and hit with freezing orders.
KMPG partner John Lindholm has escaped a potential probe into his decision to endorse a settlement in the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action as the receiver for the collapsed lender.
In the wake of a judgment that Apple and Google misused their market power in running their app stores, the tech giants are fighting injunctions proposed by Epic Games, which they say go beyond the case argued at trial.
An appeals court has overturned the dismissal of a sexual harassment case and ordered a new trial after finding a judge did not consider crucial evidence and relied on “a preconception of how a victim would act”.
Bakers Delight has lost its appeal of a decision that found it was subject to a statutory reverse onus to disprove record-keeping claims in underpayments proceedings against a franchisee.
A court has tossed the corporate regulator’s case against Freedom Insurance’s former boss and another executive, finding that a sales incentives scheme did not breach conflicted remuneration laws.
A group of investors have won a dispute against a Newcastle-based company over a foreclosure on a mortgage in relation to a Gold Coast which did not proceed.
Infrastructure giant Acciona must fight a $224M lost-revenue case by contractor Veolia Australia over the Kwinana waste-to-energy plant on Veolia’s home turf.
Developer York Property is on the hook for an extra $4.7 million payment to the head construction contractor on the Midwater luxury residential high rise on the Gold Coast.