Payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno have lost an appeal in action by ASIC alleging they engaged in unlicensed credit activity and charged prohibited fees, in the case’s second run up to the Full Federal Court.
A judge has criticised Mayfair Group’s “directing mind” James Mawhinney in a do-over of ASIC’s case over notes tied to Mission Beach properties, saying “vociferous and continuous efforts” to blame others, including lawyers, for investor losses did not reflect well on him.
Funeral insurer ACBF has been hit with a $3.5 million penalty for “callous” and “egregious” misrepresentations to Indigenous customers that its business was Aboriginal owned or managed.
In a new suit against the developer of an abandoned $185 million project in Sydney, Shinetec has asked the court to declare its priority interest in a $48 million payment recently paid to the developer by Bank of China.
Mercedes-Benz dealers have lost their appeal of a decision tossing their $650 million suit, with the Full Court backing the primary judge’s rejection of a “moralistic” approach to unconscionable conduct.
The Full Court has upheld the cancellation of a US sports merchandise company’s ‘Fanatics’ trade mark, agreeing it knew about Australian AFL merchandise maker FanFirm’s trade marks when it chose its name.
A member of the Waterhouse racing family has lost his court fight with a neighbour over planned renovations to the garage of his $26 million distinctive Sydney mansion.
Recently appointed NSW Supreme Court Justice Paul McGuire, who spent two years as a district court judge, has been lauded as the ideal candidate to star in training videos for new judges due to his courteous manner and restraint from performative flourishes.
A judge has ordered solicitors in a residential building spat to explain why costs orders should not be made against them, after they racked up sizeable fees for what she described as a small and simple dispute.
Aristocrat has lost its bid to question class action members about whether they have a gambling problem ahead of mediation, with a judge saying it called for “self-diagnosis” and would not yield reliable results.