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ASIC is seeking approval from the High Court to appeal a judgment that let a former director of Gold Coast finance company MFS Group partially off the hook for $147.5 million in misappropriated funds, saying the High Court needs to clarify the scope of the word "officer" under the Corporations Act.
Three former executives of failed Gold Coast finance company MFS Group have lost their challenge to a ruling that they misappropriated $147.5 million in funds prior to the company's collapse.
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm, who is facing a defamation lawsuit by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, is planning to compel Hanson-Young to describe her sexual relations with men.
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm has made good on his threat to challenge a ruling that kept alive a defamation lawsuit brought by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young after he accused her of labelling all men rapists on the sidelines of a Senate debate.
A defamation case brought by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young against fellow senator David Leyonhjelm will go ahead after Leyonhjelm lost a bid to shut the suit down on the grounds of parliamentary privilege.
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has accused Senator David Leyonhjelm of using parliamentary privilege and fabricated remarks to shut down a defamation case she lodged in August.
HarperCollins has lost its bid for summary dismissal of a defamation lawsuit brought against it by two psychiatrists at the centre of the deep sleep therapy scandal that rocked the medical world in the 1960s and 70s.
HarperCollins has asked the Federal Court to toss a defamation case brought against it by two psychiatrists at the centre of the deep sleep therapy scandal that rocked the medical world in the 1960s and 70s, saying too much time had passed since the scandal.
Senator David Leyonhjelm wants the Federal Court to toss a defamation lawsuit filed by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, saying the court is barred from hearing the case due to parliamentary privilege
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has followed through on her threat to sue Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm for defamation, the first case to be brought by a sitting senator against a fellow politician.