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Aurora Funds loses challenge to ruling over soured Molopo Energy takeover
Andrew Broadfoot 2020-04-21 12:56 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A court has upheld two decisions by the Australian Government Takeovers Panel that a bid by asset manager Aurora Funds Management to replace Molopo Energy’s directors was made in “unacceptable circumstances”.

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High Court quashes AFP warrant used to raid News Corp journalist’s home
Ashurst 2020-04-15 8:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

The High Court has quashed a search warrant obtained by the Australian Federal Police and used to raid a News Corp journalist’s home, but did not go so far as to order the return or destruction of documents obtained in the raid.

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Payday lender Cigno loses challenge to ASIC ban on short-term credit lending
ASIC 2020-04-15 3:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Payday lender Cigno has lost a challenge to the corporate regulator’s first action under powers to prohibit ‘predatory’ financial products that targeted its model of short-term credit lending.

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Full Federal Court dismisses Linfox’s $45M fuel tax challenge as ‘too weak’
Appeals 2019-09-05 2:42 pm By Amelia Birnie Sydney

The Full Federal Court has dismissed Linfox’s $45 million fuel tax credit appeal, finding the Australian logistics company’s argument was ‘too weak or uncertain’ to conclude that it was being over-taxed on major toll roads across the country.

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Linfox appeals $45M fuel tax fight to Full Federal Court
Appeals 2019-08-08 10:56 pm By Amelia Birnie Sydney

Australian logistics company Linfox has taken its $45 million fuel tax credit challenge to the Full Federal Court, arguing its trucks are being over-taxed on major toll roads across the country.

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‘Loose with the truth’ broker wins High Court challenge to ASIC ban
Appeals 2019-05-15 4:32 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The High Court has upheld an appeal by a mortgage broker with a history of run-ins with the law, finding that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal could not take spent convictions into account when reviewing ASIC ban orders.

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Gov’t sued for supplying water to Adani’s $2B Carmichael coal mine
Anna Mitchelmore 2019-02-20 3:22 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Government failed to read public submissions in approving a “flawed” assessment of a project supplying Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine with over 12.5 billion litres of water, an environmental group has told a court.

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IOOF says APRA should be able to state its case after 3-year probe
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2018-12-20 3:38 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A barrister for two units of embattled wealth manager IOOF and three senior company executives facing claims by APRA have criticised the regulator for filing a broad concise statement and no statement of claim after a three-year investigation.

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Motorola to bring copyright claims against Hytera
Angus Lang 2018-11-16 9:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Motorola Solutions wants to amend its pleadings in an ongoing patent case against Shenzen-based Hytera Communications to add copyright claims relating to the source code for the radio devices at the centre of the dispute.

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Hytera doesn’t get ‘within cooee’ of proving it has state secrets: Motorola
Cameron Moore 2018-10-17 9:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Motorola has slammed an attempt by Hytera Communications to limit discovery in a long-running patent dispute between the companies, saying documents withheld by the Shenzen-based radio manufacturer come nowhere close to being state secrets protected under Chinese law.

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