Mayfair 101 reaches settlement with IPO Wealth Holdings liquidators

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Mayfair 101 has settled with liquidators of collapsed IPO Wealth Holdings after they won a bid to re-examine former director James Mawhinney over the transfer of “considerable funds and assets” from the fund to other entities.

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Tiwi Islanders to file new bid to block Santos’ Barossa drilling

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Tiwi Islanders will file a new application to prevent drilling continuing on Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa gas project after losing a challenge to stop the energy giant from beginning work on the first sea well.

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Enviro group derails Chinese mining company’s plans for Tasmanian waste site

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A government-approved plan to build a waste facility in western Tasmania has been parked,  after environmental campaigners won a judgment declaring the federal government’s approval of the proposed tailings storage facility was invalid.

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Suncorp to pay $33M in super class action settlement

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The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.

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Penalty in ACCC case against Uber off by more than $20M, judge says

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A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant’s misleading conduct appeared to be “trivial”.

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Funder backing multiple cases against Deloitte can’t access docs in Noumi class action

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Deloitte has won its bid to keep confidential documents away from the funder backing a consolidated shareholder class against food company Noumi which alleges the auditor was complicit in misleading the market.

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Receivers get court OK to sell Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights mansion

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A judge has allowed receivers to sell the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick without any distribution of proceeds, saying the sale “should take place post-haste”.

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Lane Cove tunnel operator can add claims to $300M case against builders

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A judge has granted a bid by the operator of Sydney’s billion-dollar Lane Cove tunnel to add a new claim in the five-year-old dispute alleging the concrete lining used in construction was defective.

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ASIC can pursue defunct funeral insurer in case of ‘clear public interest’

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A judge has given ASIC the green light to continue proceedings against a defunct funeral insurer which allegedly misled Aboriginal customers about being Indigenous-owned and claims that its products were specifically beneficial for First Nations people.

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Kmart settles Jellycat lawsuit over knockoff ‘Bashful Bunny’

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Kmart Australia has resolved a case brought by UK-based Jellycat that accused the retailer of selling knockoffs of the plush toy designer’s signature ‘Bashful Bunny’.

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