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Former celebrity advisor Sam Henderson, who was slapped with a three-year financial services ban last year after his appearance at the banking royal commission, has been charged with multiple dishonesty offences.
Goodman Fielder gets green light to reopen $1.25M GrainCorp case
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A court has given Goodman Fielder the green light to reopen its breach of contract case against GrainCorp to submit further evidence on potential damages.
Royal commission docs can be used in HarperCollins deep sleep defamation case
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A judge has given the green light for HarperCollins to use several documents from a royal commission in its defence of defamation proceedings 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.
High Court won’t hear Melco’s challenge to doc production order in Crown inquiry
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Hong Kong-based casino group Melco Resorts has lost an application for special leave to the High Court to weigh in on a ruling that a NSW public inquiry into James Packer’s Crown Resorts had the power of a royal commission and could order privileged documents to be handed over.
Court tosses appeal seeking to drag Shine Lawyers into negligence lawsuit
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Shine Lawyers and barrister David Turner have once again dodged a negligence lawsuit over advice given about a $630,000 contractual dispute, with an appeals court upholding an earlier decision dismissing a bid to join the two parties.
ACCC secures $700,000 penalty against NRAS participant Quantum Housing
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A judge has ordered WA-based Quantum Housing Group to pay $700,000 and its sole director another $50,000 after finding the company misled investors in the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
Law firm hit with $1.4M judgment over negligent advice to lawyer
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A Sydney-based law firm has been ordered to pay $1.4 million in damages for failing to properly advise a client of his rights under a partnership agreement after he suffered several strokes.
Lawyers want virtual hearings to stay in a post-COVID world
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Restrictions to combat COVID-19 that forced Australia’s courts to go virtual have had unforseen benefits, and Australia’s top law firms say they don’t want online hearings to be scrapped when social distancing measures are eased.
Commonwealth Bank faces class action over ‘junk’ insurance
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has become the latest Big Four bank to be hit with a class action over the sales of allegedly worthless insurance products.
Domino’s looks to strike out ‘rolled up, confusing’ underpayments class action
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Domino’s is seeking to strike out portions of the “rolled up, confusing pleading” in a class action over alleged worker underpayments, saying the case cannot be brought under the consumer law.