Judges

A judge has allowed a shareholder class action over the collapse of asset manager Blue Sky to bring insider trading claims against several short sellers, as well as brokers Credit Suisse and Argonaut Securities. 

A judge hearing a class action alleging Bupa failed to provide promised levels of care to residents has said she won’t put the case on ice pending the aged care provider's potential appeal of a decision declining to toss the case. 

ASIC has questions about the “bona fides” of a rental company’s appeal of a $7.4 million penalty for unlawful loan agreements, telling a court it needs to see evidence about the “very rapid decline” of the company’s financial position.

A group of insurers can't join Northwest Rail Link joint venture partners MTR and UGL to a suit by CPB Contractors and John Holland over a $100 million policy, with a judge saying the joint venture’s interests in the case are commercial rather than legal. 

After a years-long legal battle, a judge has thrown out an unfair dismissal suit by a former TechnologyOne executive, finding he was lawfully terminated for failing to adapt to the company's management structure.

A judge has recused herself from a case by liquidators for real estate investment firm Global Capital Property Fund against Point Bay Developments, after hearing the corporate regulator's application to wind up the fund.

German drug maker Merck KGaA is fighting US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme over the alleged use of the ‘Merck’ mark in Australia, five years after their intellectual property spat was settled. 

A judge has ordered ANZ to pay $250 million in penalties in four cases by ASIC – $10 million more than the bank had agreed to pay – saying ANZ had "substantially deceived” the government by overstating bond trading volumes.

A judge has rejected a bid by the director and general manager of an aluminium windows and doors company to set off a $2.6 million loss from a Spring Square project against a $2.8 million liability.

A judge has expressed concerns about a funder's novel application for its costs in a partially settled shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company Cudeco, saying everyone was getting a payday except group members.