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The former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank has told a court internal auditors raised issues with CBA's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance four years before AUSTRAC took action that saw the bank's share price plummet.
A judge overseeing a class action over AMP’s fees for no service practice has dismissed the applicant’s bid to access communications between AMP and law firm Clayton Utz that led up to an ostensibly independent report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager's inhouse lawyers.
A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against the now failed GetSwift has urged the applicant to decide soon if he will forge ahead with a problematic settlement, seek summary judgment or wait to see what comes of the parent company's bankruptcy case.
Commonwealth Bank units CommSec and Australian Investments Exchange have been ordered to pay more than $27 million for “serious and unacceptable” system failures that led to excessive fee charges for customers.
A judge has questioned AMP Financial Planning over whether it breached court orders to compensate customers after finding the firm failed to prevent a now banned adviser from churning life insurance for higher commissions.
A class action over AMP's fees for no service practice wants communications with law firm Clayton Utz that led up to a report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager's inhouse lawyers before being presented to the corporate regulator as independent.
A judge has raised concerns about the utility of referring a satellite dispute over whistleblower protections to the Full Court in a $13 million lawsuit brought by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner.
A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner wants the Full Court to decide whether whistleblower protections apply retrospectively in a $13 million suit alleging he was sacked for complaining about the tax avoidance strategy of construction giant Lendlease.
Westpac has criticized the lead applicant in a class action filed in the wake of AUSTRAC proceedings for the "disorderly" conduct of the lagging proceedings, with discovery yet to be finalized as the case nears its third anniversary.
The protective scope of whistleblower laws will be tested in a $13 million suit brought by a former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner allegedly sacked for complaining about the tax avoidance strategy of construction giant Lendlease, the advisory firm's biggest client.