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Keybridge CEO Nick Bolton validly voted out, court finds
Corporate 2025-03-21 4:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found that three directors at ASX-listed investment firm Keybridge Capital were validly removed and replaced at a meeting last month. 

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Fortrend challenges ruling on bonuses for Shaw & Partners defectors
Appeals 2025-03-21 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fortrend Securities has appealed a finding that it breached the Fair Work Act in withholding the bonuses of two financial advisors who jumped to rival Shaw & Partners.

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Fortrend unlawfully withheld bonuses owed Shaw & Partners defectors: court
Employment 2025-02-21 10:44 am By Christine Caulfield

Fortrend Securities breached the Fair Work Act in withholding the bonuses of two financial advisors who jumped to rival Shaw & Partners, a court has ruled.

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Cornwalls hits back at $4.8M negligence suit by former client
Professional Negligence 2024-11-21 4:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Law firm Cornwalls has denied claims by a former client that it acted negligently and caused it to enter receivership, resulting in $4.8 million in losses. 

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Escala’s non-compete restraints against ex-partners an ‘overreach’: court
Employment 2024-11-04 2:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Wealth manager Escada Partners has lost its lawsuit against two former partners who defected to rival LGT Crestone, with a judge finding a five-year non-compete clause was unreasonable.

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Wealth manager Escala can’t restrain execs who jumped ship to LGT Crestone
Employment 2023-10-12 2:09 pm By Sam Matthews

Wealth manager Escala Partners has failed in its bid to restrain two senior financial advisors who defected to rival Crestone from working in wealth management and soliciting its clients.

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Melbourne school must pay $565K for failing to address antisemitic bullying
Human Rights 2023-09-14 3:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of former Jewish and Israeli students at Brighton Secondary College have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation and an apology from the Victorian government after a judge found the school principal failed to address racially-charged bullying and hundreds of cases of swastika graffiti.

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‘Silly case’ between class action applicant, funder settles
Class Actions 2023-05-16 4:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A clash between a class action applicant and a litigation funder over $1.2 million in claimed expenses has settled, after a judge ordered the sides to personally attend mediation.

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‘Court is not a place for their sport’: Judge slams stoush between funder, class action applicant
Class Actions 2023-03-03 9:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a litigation funder and the lead applicant in a settled class action to personally mediate a stoush over expenses, saying he doubted the applicant’s $1.2 million claim and said the court is “not a place for their sport”.

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Silk’s COVID-19 diagnosis won’t delay students’ discrimination trial
Human Rights 2022-11-25 5:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of Jewish and Israeli former students who have accused a Victorian high school of allowing racially-charged bullying have defeated a bid by the state government to adjourn evidence at trial after its silk was diagnosed with COVID-19. 

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