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Vero files appeal to get out of combustible cladding class action
Appeals 2023-08-08 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Insurer Vero is fighting a ruling that added it to a class action against cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural over allegedly combustible cladding. 

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Arrium lenders file High Court challenge over directors’ loan drawdowns
Amy Munro 2023-07-25 3:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of Arrium have filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court after losing their latest bid to make two directors liable for allegedly misleading them about loan drawdown notices ahead of the steel company’s $2.8 billion collapse. 

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Insurer Vero dragged into class action over combustible cladding
Charles Colquhoun 2023-07-20 11:13 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has ruled insurer Vero can be added to a class action over allegedly combustible cladding, finding removal of the cladding could be considered “property damage” under the wording of an insurance contract with cladding manufacturer Fairview.

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Lenders of collapsed Arrium lose appeal over directors’ loan drawdowns
Amy Munro 2023-05-10 12:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of failed steel giant Arrium have lost a second attempt to put two of the company’s directors on the hook for alleged misleading representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse.

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Defamation, class action barristers among 20 new silks
Bradley Jones 2022-10-06 6:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Twenty barristers have risen to the ranks of senior counsel in New South Wales, including a veteran defamation barrister, two counsel with class action expertise and part of the team that saw ASIC’s claims against two Rio Tinto executives dropped.

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‘No brainer’ that Arrium was failing when directors drew down funds, court told
Amy Munro 2022-08-02 11:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Several lenders have appealed a ruling that found they failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse, saying it was a “no brainer” that the company was in dire straits when its directors sought extra funds.

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Funder drops ‘uneconomic’ GST class actions after High Court snubs special leave bid
Anthony McInerney 2022-07-05 4:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on the discontinuance of two class actions against Canberra property developers for allegedly misleading investors about GST on their apartments, after the High Court declined to review a ruling that made the cases “uneconomic” for the funder to pursue.

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GST class action likely to be dropped after funder bows out
Anthony McInerney 2022-05-05 4:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The future of a class action against a Canberra property developer accused of misleading investors about GST on their apartments is in doubt after the litigation funder withdrew support for the “uneconomic” case.

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High Court refuses leave to class action in GST case against developer
Anthony McInerney 2022-04-19 6:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court won’t hear a challenge to a decision finding a Canberra property developer that misled investors about GST on its apartments did not have to pay for losses alleged in a class action against it.

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Abandoned IVF clinic merger no win for ACCC, judge says
ACCC 2022-03-01 4:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ACCC got what it wanted when IVF providers Virtus Health and Healius terminated a proposed $45 million merger, but it wasn’t a win, a judge has said in mostly denying the regulator’s bid to recover the costs of its court challenge to the deal.

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