The corporate regulator has launched enforcement action against Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services, accusing the financial services company of having conflicts of interest and providing inappropriate advice to clients.
A class action has been filed against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over commissions grandfathered by the Future of Financial Advice reforms.
Sydney’s Star Casino is taking its insurers to court in a bid to claim the losses it has suffered as a result of Government restrictions enacted to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The receivers for funds manager Equititrust, who are suing the name partners of law firm Tucker & Cowen, have failed in their bid to have further security for costs paid in the form of deeds of indemnity, despite telling the court that funder Vannin might withdraw its support for the litigation.
A judge has criticised “inflammatory” and misleading comments Mayfair 101’s director made to investors regarding attempts to wind up firms associated with the IPO Wealth investment scheme.
A judge has slammed the lawyers in a $27 million trust dispute between a Chinese machinery company and law firm Clyde & Co for engaging in “inflammatory” correspondence instead of properly conferring before bringing their case to court.
In a judgment that will be welcomed by retailers, a court has found that rent relief under the Federal Government’s mandatory COVID-19 code of conduct can be extended for at least six months after the regulations expire in October.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has signed an information sharing agreement with four competition regulators around the globe that will boost its current and future investigations into Google and Facebook.
In what is shaping up to be a big bun fight, McDonald’s is taking long time rival Hungry Jack’s to court for trade mark infringement, accusing it of violating its legendary ‘Big Mac’ mark.
A custody battle in the Family Court will be reheard after an appeals court ruled the judge overseeing the matter was “hectoring, insulting, belittling, sarcastic and rude” to lawyers representing the father in the case.
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