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Allianz to appeal ruling over indemnity for historic sex abuse claims
Allianz 2023-04-27 10:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Allianz has flagged it will appeal a ruling that found it must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar.

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Insurer must indemnify church for historic sex abuse claims
Caspar Conde 2023-03-10 6:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Allianz must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar, a judge has found.

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Judge asks GetSwift GC why he didn’t call out directors for being ‘bullies’
Alan Shearer 2023-01-31 8:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has grilled the former general counsel of defunct logistics company GetSwift about why he did not confront the company’s directors for “bullying” other executives when they raised concerns about alleged continuous disclosure breaches.

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Ex-Fuji Xerox execs settle suit over $450M accounting scandal
Accounting 2022-08-11 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two former executives at Fuji Xerox’s Australian unit have settled a lawsuit over their roles in a $450 million accounting scandal that has also ensnared auditor Ernst & Young.

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Bell Potter defeats $10M lawsuit over 1 minute trading call
Alexander Langshaw 2022-08-01 3:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bell Potter has defeated a lawsuit by Nicholas Bolton’s Keybridge Capital over a 2015 phone call which lasted one minute and 18 seconds in which the investment firm was accused of committing its client to buy $10 million worth of shares in defunct Molopo Energy.

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ASIC seeks $15M penalty against GetSwift after ‘unprecedented’ offshore move
Alan Shearer 2022-07-12 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has called for a $15 million penalty against GetSwift and 12-year bans against its directors, who moved the logistics company overseas as the regulator’s enforcement action was on foot, a move the court on Tuesday said was “unprecedented”.

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GetSwift, directors drop appeal of judgment on ‘PR-driven’ approach to disclosures
Alan Shearer 2022-05-16 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Logistics company GetSwift and its directors have dropped their challenge to a judgment that found the company breached its continuous disclosure obligations with its “PR-driven” approach to ASX statements.

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Keybridge’s Bolton grilled over 1 min call he says secured ‘firm’ deal with Bell Potter
Andrew Broadfoot 2022-05-02 9:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Keybridge Capital managing director Nicholas Bolton has been grilled over a phone call in April 2015 lasting one minute and 18 seconds in which the activist investor claims Bell Potter bound its client to buy $10 million worth of shares in defunct Molopo Energy.

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GetSwift says stock price drop didn’t prove ‘materiality’ of ASX statements
Alan Shearer 2022-02-24 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Logistics company GetSwift will argue on appeal that a judge who found the company took a “PR-driven approach” to ASX statements was wrong in his assessment of whether those statements contained material omissions.

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GetSwift appeals judgment scathing of ‘PR-driven’ approach to disclosures
Alan Shearer 2022-02-22 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company GetSwift and its directors are appealing a win for ASIC in the regulator’s case that alleged they breached their continuous disclosure obligations and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in the release of 22 ASX announcements.

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