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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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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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Hastie liquidators appeal dismissal of $63M case against major builders
Adele Carr 2023-05-08 3:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group have appealed a decision that knocked out half its $120 million case against Multiplex, Lendlease and numerous other builders.

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Major win for Lendlease, Multiplex in $68M case by Hastie liquidators
Adele Carr 2022-11-02 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lendlease and other major builders have secured a significant victory in a long-running case brought by the liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group, with a judge saying Hastie wasn’t entitled to the proceeds of bank guarantees withdrawn by the builders when it collapsed 10 years ago.

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Legal spat over Russian embassy lease fast-tracked amid concerns about ambassador’s expulsion
Australian Government Solicitor 2022-10-06 4:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Russia’s recent challenge to the Commonwealth’s allegedly unreasonable decision to terminate its lease to build a new embassy in Canberra could be heard in early 2023, amid concerns key witnesses could soon be kicked out of the country altogether.

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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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Special leave refused in dispute over $81.8M Parklea Markets sale
Appeals 2022-05-20 3:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has refused Sydney retail personality Con Constantine’s bid to challenge a $4.25 million judgment in his favour over the $81.8 million Parklea Markets sale in 2016.

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AFCA lacked impartiality in decision against IronFX, court rules
David Sulan 2022-03-17 10:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Online trading platform IronFX has won its action against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority over a finding it wrongfully caused an 83 year-old French resident to lose his life savings.

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Hastie’s claim against Lendlease in $68M suit ‘untenable’, court hears
Adele Carr 2022-03-16 10:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A bid by the liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group for Lendlease to pay back funds it withdrew under bank guarantees is “untenable” and “misconceived”, a court has heard in a $68 million case that also targets Multiplex, Grocon and John Holland.

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Arrium lenders hit with extra costs after rejecting $10M settlement offers
Amy Munro 2022-01-07 11:27 am By Bianca Hrovat

A group of banks that failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse have been ordered to pay indemnity costs after a court found they rejected $10 million settlement offers three days into the trial.

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