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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group told the court on Tuesday that it urgently needs a statement of facts, during the first hearing in the highly anticipated criminal cartel case against three investment banks.
Port of Newcastle must cut access fee for Glencore ships, ACCC says
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The Port of Newcastle must slash its access charge for Glencore coal ships by 20 per cent, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has determined.
Mt Victoria bushfire class seeks to amend pleading on first day of trial
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The lawyers leading a class action seeking damages from electrical distributor Endeavour Energy over the 2013 Mt Victoria bushfires have made a bid to amend the pleadings as the six-week kicked off Monday in the NSW Supreme Court.
ASIC bans fourth NAB banker over home loan fraud scam
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Former National Australia Bank branch manager Mathew Alwan has been permanently banned from the financial services industry for his involvement in a home loan fraud ring in greater western Sydney.
Judge puts ASIC ‘fees for no service’ case against NAB on fast-track
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A Federal Court judge has put ASIC’s first fees for no service case, brought against two units of National Australia Bank’s wealth management division, on an expedited timetable, saying the case was not new territory for the bank.
MyBudget denied costs in ‘public interest’ class action
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A Federal Court judge that threw out a consumer class action against MyBudget has denied the budget management company’s bid for costs, finding the case was brought in the public interest.
Ponzi schemer’s co. to face claims in Westpac class action
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A Federal Court judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a class action alleging a unit of Westpac failed to detect the fraud of convicted Ponzi schemer Michael Samra to proceed with their claims against Samra’s defunct company.
HarperCollins can’t duck deep sleep defamation case
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HarperCollins has lost its bid for summary dismissal of a defamation lawsuit 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.
Closely watched criminal cartel case against banks gets underway
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The stakes will be high for both sides when some of the country’s top competition lawyers face off against the ACCC Tuesday in the first hearing in a closely watched criminal cartel case against three investment banks over a $2.5 billion ANZ institutional share placement.
Trident Foods partially sinks trade mark appeals
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Australian food manufacturer Trident Foods has won a partial victory after facing two appeals from US seafood giant Trident Seafoods seeking to remove its trade marks.