Rio Tinto execs want ASIC trial vacated due to COVID-19

Please login to bookmark Close

Two former executives of mining giant Rio Tinto accused by ASIC of breaching their directors duties have asked the court to vacate an upcoming trial, after raising concerns that COVID-19 could affect their ability to appear.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Ex-Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell must pay $90,000 in ASIC case

Please login to bookmark Close

The Federal Court has ordered former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell to pay a $90,000 penalty after a “narrow” win for ASIC in its case over the domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Trivago loses appeal of ruling it misled consumers over hotel listings

Please login to bookmark Close

Hotel booking aggregator Trivago has lost its challenge to a court ruling that it misled consumers over its ranking of travel accommodation, in what the consumer regulator hailed as a win for consumers and a warning to comparison sites.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

COVID-19 eviction moratorium doesn’t apply to lease breach unrelated to rent, court finds

Please login to bookmark Close

Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me Two Sydney-based companies have lost a bid to reinstate their commercial lease, with a judge rejecting submissions that the COVID-19 moratorium on evictions applied to rental agreement breaches that did not relate to rent. In a judgment delivered on October 28,…

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

ATO appeals Crown victory over GST on high roller junkets

Please login to bookmark Close

The Australian Taxation Office is challenging a victory by two Crown Resorts’ casinos in a $100 million dispute over GST assessments on commissions and rebates paid to tour operators that directed international VIP gamblers to the casinos.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Cigno, BHF say they did not need a licence for payday loans

Please login to bookmark Close

Facing an ASIC enforcement action over alleged breaches of Australian credit laws, payday lenders BHF Solutions and Cigno claim they did not need a licence to issue loans to hundreds of thousands of consumers.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Citing dangers of ‘hypothetical postulation’, Full Court declines to answer common fund order question

Please login to bookmark Close

Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me The Full Court Federal Court has declined to answer a question posed by 7-Eleven as to whether common fund orders can be made on settlement or judgment in a class action, saying the issue should be dealt with on facts, not…

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Dam operators, Queensland face ‘very large’ costs in floods class action

Please login to bookmark Close

Embattled dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater, along with the State of Queensland, have been hit with costs in a class action over the 2011 floods that destroyed 2,000 homes and claimed 12 lives.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Lawyer Alex Elliott ‘didn’t know any better’, Banksia class action trial hears

Please login to bookmark Close

The son of Banksia class action funder Mark Elliott, who has been accused of complicity in a fraudulent scheme to maximise the profits of the lawyers in the case, was young and inexperienced and didn’t know his father’s conduct was wrong, his barrister has told a court.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?