Penta Capital fined for alleged false claims of $6.9B under management
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has handed Queensland investment firm Penta Capital a $53,280 fine for allegedly making false statements on its website, including […] Subscribe for...
View ArticleBusinesses should brace for roll-on effects of COVID-19, says insolvency expert
COVID-19 lockdowns may have ended years ago but the impacts on small businesses are only now being seen, with larger companies likely to suffer a […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly...
View ArticleEx-Continental Coal secretary pleads guilty to stealing, forgery
A former company secretary of defunct mining and exploration company Continental Coal has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges, including stealing $2.2 million and forging […] Subscribe for instant...
View ArticleCanberra developers can’t muzzle ASIC over disqualification
Two former directors of a Canberra property development group have lost their bid to bar ASIC from announcing their disqualification, with a tribunal finding this […] Subscribe for instant access to...
View ArticleNew judge vows to not be ‘cranky’, looks forward to bench-eye view of the Bar
The latest judge to join the NSW Supreme Court has expressed a desire to foster a serious but collegiate environment for advocates and has remarked […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly...
View ArticleNew owners of Nature’s Care face Wu family’s ‘nasty surprise’
The current owners of vitamin giant Nature’s Care have won an urgent injunction against the company’s founding family, after a judge said it appeared they […] Subscribe for instant access to all...
View ArticleThomson Geer picks up partners from Gadens, Holding Redlich
Thomson Geer has recruited new partners from Gadens and Holding Redlich to strengthen the law firm’s IP and corporate benches. Former Holding Redlich partner Alyn […] Subscribe for instant access to...
View ArticleClass action investigation targets Magnis Energy, auditor Hall Chadwick
A law firm is investigating an shareholder class action against lithium battery producer Magnis Energy Technologies and auditor Hall Chadwick after its share price plummeted […] Subscribe for instant...
View ArticleClive Palmer loses second bid to shut down criminal cases
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost an appeal seeking to throw out two criminal cases over a takeover bid and payments to his political party, […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly content....
View ArticleBig Un financier admits 3 million share purchase, denies knowledge of stock...
Sydney financier First Class Capital has admitted it acquired three million shares in former market darling Big Un but has denied liquidators’ claims that the […] Subscribe for instant access to all...
View ArticlePeak legal body clashes with ACCC on reform to merger regime
The Law Council of Australia has come out in opposition to calls by the competition regulator for major reform to the country’s merger regime, saying […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly...
View ArticleNoumi seeks to shield PwC report in privilege fight with ASIC
Noumi has argued a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst is protected by legal professional privilege, after the food manufacturer admitted to overstating […] Subscribe...
View ArticleNature’s Care owners can’t extend injunction against Wu family founders
The current owners of vitamin giant Nature’s Care have lost a bid to extend an urgent injunction against the company’s founding family amid fears they […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly...
View ArticleACCC’s decision blocking $4.9B ANZ, Suncorp merger overturned by competition...
The ACCC’s decision to block a $4.9 billion merger between ANZ and Suncorp has been set aside, with a tribunal finding the transaction will not […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly content....
View ArticleSlater & Gordon says lawsuit over private equity takeover names wrong defendant
Slater & Gordon is seeking summary dismissal of a case brought by a shareholder over the plaintiff firm’s takeover by private equity firm Allegro, saying […] Subscribe for instant access to all...
View ArticleClive Palmer takes fight over criminal cases to the High Court
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has asked the High Court to hear his challenge to a court’s finding that lawsuits he brought challenging two criminal cases […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly...
View ArticleASIC opens criminal investigation into director of crypto platform Blockchain...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won a travel ban against a former director of collapsed cryptocurrency platform Blockchain Global while the regulator investigates […] Subscribe...
View ArticleVirgin can stay investor class action if funder doesn’t show proof of funds
A judge has ordered a litigation funder bankrolling an investor class action against Virgin Australia to show evidence it can meet a $10 million agreed […] Subscribe for instant access to all Lawyerly...
View Article‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick cops 4-year ban after failure of three companies
ASIC has banned mining magnate Joseph ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick from managing corporations for four years because of his involvement in three companies that went under […] Subscribe for instant access to...
View ArticleCo-owner of Sydney eatery Machiavelli can’t peek at company’s books
The minority shareholder in Sydney restaurant Machiavelli Ristorante Italiano has lost his bid to review the company books in anticipation of bringing a second winding […] Subscribe for instant access...
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