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A judge has ordered a temporary stay of ASIC’s case accusing Mayfair 101 director James Mawhinney of contempt for breaching a 20-year ban.
Fairfax sued by synagogue head over ‘gossipy, mocking, sensational’ Age report
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Former synagogue president and Victorian Liberal party treasurer David Mond is suing Nine-owned Fairfax, The Age and two journalists for defamation over three articles accusing him of deciding to host a speech by a convicted spy.
ACCC head calls out companies for ‘pushing the boundaries’ of merger regime
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The new chair of the competition regulator has taken aim at companies for “pushing the boundaries” of Australia’s merger control regime and taking a “strategic approach” to clearance, as the regulator yet again flags the prospect of a reform push.
Investment fraudster Roger Munro sentenced to four and a half years jail
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Gold Coast fraudster Dr Roger Munro has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of duping investors into parting with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Meaning of ‘dismissed’ in unfair dismissal cases confirmed by FWC
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A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has reversed a decision that would have allowed employees who were lawfully demoted to challenge their demotions as unfair dismissals, in a significant finding that means employers will not be exposed to claims if they properly exercise their rights, writes McCullough Robertson’s Amber Sharp, Kerry O’Brien and Nathan Roberts.
ASIC can’t duck case by G8 Education’s ex-chair over alleged unlawful examination
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ASIC has lost a bid to dismiss former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson’s application seeking declarations that she was unlawfully examined by the regulator over the company’s $162 million hostile takeover bid for Affinity Education Group.
Peter Dutton says ‘mental gymnastics’ needed for activist’s reading of ‘rape apologist’ tweet
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Counsel for Peter Dutton has told a court a reader needed to do “mental gymnastics” to understand activist Shane Bazzi’s “rape apologist” tweet as saying the minister doubted rape allegations rather than “excused” the act of rape.
Melissa Caddick’s husband to vacate Dover Heights mansion as receivers push for sale
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The husband of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick will be vacating the couple’s harbour-view mansion as court-ordered receivers prepare to put it up for sale.
Philips defends class action, says sleep devices weren’t defective when sold
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Philips Electronics has hit back at a class action over recalled sleep apnea machines that contained a foam component that could allegedly degrade and cause consumers to inhale dangerous chemicals, saying the devices were not defective when they were sold.
Lawyers will try to serve missing Big Un founder on LinkedIn
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A judge has given the liquidators of Big Un the go-ahead to serve the director of the collapsed video company through his LinkedIn account after several unsuccessful attempts to contact him about proceedings accusing him and others of violating their directors’ duties.