Liquidator of collapsed start-up Appster wants to grill founders, KPMG partner

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The liquidator of collapsed app-development firm Appster has filed examination proceedings against the company’s founders and auditor ahead of possible legal action for allegedy trading while insolvent.

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Judge should be commended for ‘judicial economy’, Pacific National tells court in ACCC appeal

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Pacific National has defended a decision by a judge to accept an undertaking and rule against the ACCC in its competition case over the rail operator’s acquisition of a major freight terminal in Queensland, saying the ruling was structured with “commendable judicial economy”.

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NAB’s ‘grossly deficient’ systems prompted ASIC’s second fees-for-no-service case, court hears

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National Australia Bank’s “grossly deficient” systems and failure to swiftly bring its processes into compliance prompted ASIC to launch its second fees-for-no-service case against the bank, the Federal Court has heard.

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Liquidators want $6M from directors of failed Gold Coast asset manager

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Two former directors of defunct Gold Coast asset manager Avestra are facing a lawsuit from the company’s liquidators seeking to recover $6 million in alleged losses by three of the company’s managed investment schemes.

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Search warrant authorising AFP raid on ABC valid, court rules

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has lost its challenge to an Australian Federal Police search warrant authorising a raid on the broadcaster’s Sydney headquarters last year.

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Judge overstepped in accepting Pacific National undertaking, ACCC tells appeals court

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The judge who dismissed the ACCC’s challenge to Pacific National’s acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland had no power to accept an undertaking by the rail operator as an answer to the competition regulator’s case, an appeals court has been told.

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Russells drops cross claim against axed solicitor

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Russells Lawyers has withdrawn a cross claim against a restructuring and insolvency solicitor who filed a lawsuit alleging the firm tried to manufacture a reason for terminating his employment.

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Judge allows docs despite ‘real risk’ of prosecution for ex-Directed Electronics manager

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A former manager of Australian electronics automotive developer Directed Electronics OE has failed to block access to certain documents in a corporate theft case, despite the Federal Court finding they gave rise to a “real and appreciable risk” of civil or criminal prosecution against him.

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