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HWL must produce files in case accusing partner of diverting client funds to pay legal bill
A judge has dismissed HWL Ebsworth’s claims of a “fishing expedition” and granted discovery of a slew of  internal documents relevant to allegations a partner at the law firm encouraged a company’s directors to unlawfully divert insurance proceeds to pay almost $150,000 in legal bills.
Ex-PPB Advisory liquidator gets 7 years’ jail for $800,000 fraud
A former PPB Advisory liquidator has been jailed for seven years for embezzling $800,000 from defunct property development company Neolido Holdings Pty Ltd.
Property developers accused of ‘gaming the system’ at GST class action trial
Multiple Canberra property developers have been accused of deliberately trying to avoid repaying GST to home buyers at the outset of a class action trial involving almost 500 apartment owners.
Judge signs off on Halifax liquidators’ plan to email creditors
Creditors of defunct stockbroker Halifax Investment may soon get emails from the company's liquidators, after a judge signed off on their request to keep creditors abreast of developments in the defunct's trading platform's liquidation proceedings electronically.
Judge won’t kill claim that court can wind up foreign company with no Aussie biz
A judge has refused to summarily dismiss a claim that the Federal Court has inherent power to order the winding up of a foreign company even if the company has no business in Australia and is not subject to the Corporations Act.
Forex trader Berndale Capital placed into receivership
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid for a court order placing Melbourne-based forex trader Berndale Capital into receivership for allegedly failing to safeguard client money.
Deloitte can’t escape class action claims over failure of Dick Smith
Accounting giant Deloitte has failed in its bid to strike out claims made in two shareholder class actions alleging it was careless in auditing the financial statements of electronics retailer Dick Smith ahead of its collapse in 2016.
Liquidators settle case over collapse of funder Centaur Litigation
Liquidators of failed Centaur Litigation have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the accountant of fraudster Scott Williams, who was accused of lying to hide his knowledge of a Ponzi scheme that misappropriated $32 million and led to the collapse of the funder.
New laws target insolvent companies that try to dodge worker entitlements
The Federal Parliament has passed laws that impose stricter penalties on company directors that try to shirk their duty to pay employee entitlements during an insolvency. 
Lawsuit claims HWL partner helped divert insurance proceeds to settle legal tab
An insolvent mobile ticketing company wants a slew of documents from HWL Ebsworth related to its allegations that an HWL partner aided its former directors in diverting the proceeds of a life insurance policy to pay money owed to the firm.