Fairfax has settled long-running defamation proceedings brought by former Leighton Holdings CFO Peter Gregg over 11 articles that accused him of corruption, after he won an appeal last year overturning his conviction on related criminal charges.
Global investment bank Credit Suisse has launched legal action in the wake of the collapse of Greensill Capital seeking to wind up two firms helmed by British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta, including the company behind Whyalla Steelworks.
A judge has slugged the Commonwealth Bank of Australia with a $7 million fine in proceedings brought by ASIC for excessive interest charged to thousands of overdraft customers, but noted the penalty amounted to profits from just six hours of operation for the Big Four bank.
The Attorney-General has appointed three new judges to the busy Federal Circuit Court, including the barrister who represented Bega in a high-stakes trade mark lawsuit brought by a rival.
A former director of provocative lingerie retailer Honey Birdette has lost a lawsuit against billionaire retail entrepreneur Brett Blundy seeking damages after a relationship breakdown saw her bought out of the firm.
Building and construction information service provider BCI Media is suing CoreLogic, accusing the property data analytics company of unauthorised access and scraping confidential information from its copyright-protected leads platform.
A lengthy dispute over insurance in a settled class action against sandalwood producer Quintis has been resolved, with the Federal Court rejecting a challenge by two insurers to the rectification of policies that could provide a further $11.25 million in recoveries to group members.
Star Entertainment can continue its case against a wealthy junket gambler who dishonoured a cheque after losing $43 million in one week at the Baccarat table at Star’s Gold Coast casino.
A judge has allowed four Afghan witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed Afghan citizen off a cliff to give evidence remotely when the Australian war veteran’s defamation case against three newspapers heads to trial in June.
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