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Thompson Geer has nabbed a partner and a special counsel from Baker McKenzie to grow its Melbourne-based banking and finance team.
Defamation lawyer who defeated Roberts-Smith case among 23 new silks in NSW
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Twenty-three barristers in NSW have joined the silk ranks, including a leading defamation lawyer who was on the Fairfax legal team that defeated accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation suit.
CBA unit to pay $119.5M to settle consumer class action
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Commonwealth Bank’s New Zealand unit, ASB Bank, has agreed to pay $119.35 million to settle a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to 150,000 customers who took out home or personal loans.
‘Argumentative and amorphous’: Startup attacks Fortescue’s call for seized docs in trade secrets row
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Green iron startup Element Zero is challenging a bid by Fortescue for access to nine million seized documents in their trade secrets spat, saying its rival has not met the test for proving inadequate discovery of material.
ATO officer lied, tampered with evidence, judge says in staying fraud case
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A judge has ordered federal prosecutors to drop a criminal tax fraud case against a medical researcher, finding an ATO officer lied and tampered with evidence during the probe.
ASIC approves Cboe’s application to compete with ASX for IPOs
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has approved Cboe’s application to list companies on its platform, in direct competition with market operators, including the Australian Securities Exchange.
Man sentenced for insider trading ahead of $20M Cann Group share placement
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A Victorian man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for trading on insider information ahead of the public announcement of a $20 million share placement for medical cannabis company Cann Group.
ASIC says 15 auditors likely did not comply with independence rules
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A recent review by ASIC found 15 auditors of different sizes failed to demonstrate compliance with independence and conflict of interest obligations.
Catalyst wins $32M from Presbyterian Church of Qld for failed land deals
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Property group Catalyst has won $31.7 million from a trustee corporation of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland over a suite of scuppered transactions for land and aged care homes.
WSP flags bid to stay suit by partner on troubled Kingston development
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Engineering firm WSP may seek to permanently stay a new suit by Canberra builder Morris Construction that claims it should be on the hook for engineering and design failures by a subsidiary, the latest fight between the parties over a troubled Kingston development.