Judges

The owners corporation of Sydney's Sugarcube Apartments has lost a bid to set aside a $25.8 million security granted by developer Golden Rain to the trustee for a group of lenders, with a court finding no intent to defraud had been established.

A Federal Court judge has granted teleco giant Telstra's bid to block a former senior executive from working at competitor Vocus until next year. 

The former chief executive officer of Super Retail Group has argued he should have access to ASIC’s entire investigation file into the company, in proceedings alleging he failed to disclose a relationship with the company’s former chief human resources officer.

The Victorian Bar has welcomed 15 new senior counsel, including barristers who worked on the Black Saturday bushfire class actions, COVID-19 business interruption cases and junior doctors underpayments class actions.

ASIC has flagged it may seek an initial trial on whether comparison website company Clark Family provided financial services to consumers, in its case alleging the company sold customer enquiries to the highest bidder.

A judge has tossed a defamation suit by a Swinburne University academic against a publisher over an article about a Fair Work Commission decision, finding the article was a fair report of a public document.

A judge has rejected insurer AAI's bid to have a labour hire company and a mining contractor represented by separate legal teams in a worker’s negligence suit related to silica exposure.

A judge has ordered Star Entertainment to pay a $260 million penalty for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing failures, saying the casino turned a “blind eye” to customers likely linked to organised crime. 

Investment firm White Oak has settled its case against IAG, Tokio Marine and subsidiary BCC alleging the insurers were liable for $200 million in damages following the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill.

Insurer QBE will dispute ASIC's proposed penalty after admitting that its pricing model misled customers.