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Banksia judge faces possible recusal bid by companies linked to silk’s wife
Class Actions 2022-11-28 3:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge whose ruling against the legal team behind the Banksia class action fraud helped redeem the battered reputation of the civil justice system may […]

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KPMG’s push to move Arrium class action to NSW goes south
Class Actions 2022-11-18 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has dismissed an application by accounting giant KPMG to transfer a class action over the collapse of mining company Arrium from Victoria […]

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GetSwift liquidators flag challenge to settlement in ‘disastrous’ class action
Class Actions 2022-11-17 4:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Liquidators of failed tech company GetSwift have foreshadowed an objection to a $1.5 million settlement going to shareholders in a class action that a judge […]

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Former van Eyk Research CEO sentenced over plot to keep control of firm
Financial Services 2022-11-16 11:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former CEO of failed van Eyk Research has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment after admitting he breached his duties as director of a subsidiary […]

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Companies linked to Banksia class action fraudsters should pay up, court told
Class Actions 2022-11-15 3:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dead or broke, the class action lawyers who schemed to defraud investors in failed Banksia Securities should not escape a $21 million judgment for damages […]

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Major win for Lendlease, Multiplex in $68M case by Hastie liquidators
Construction 2022-11-02 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lendlease and other major builders have secured a significant victory in a long-running case brought by the liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group, with […]

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Appearance of bias prompts ASIC push for Youpla special purpose liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-10-28 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A joint court application by ASIC and NSW Fair Trading calls for special purpose liquidators to claw back money from funeral insurer Youpla over concerns […]

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Astora’s sudden fall into bankruptcy amid pelvic mesh class action ‘troubling’, judge says
Class Actions 2022-10-26 4:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has stayed a class action on behalf of 6,000 women allegedly injured by defective pelvic mesh devices after Astora Women’s Health filed for […]

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Class action against NAB over Walton collapse can’t add insolvent trading claim
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-10-24 12:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a bid to add an insolvent trading claim to a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction, citing […]

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High Court hears case that could upend insolvency law at critical moment
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-10-19 4:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insolvency practitioners are holding their breath as the High Court hears a case that could abolish a key rule used by liquidators in recouping payments […]

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