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Pitcher Partners wants $127M Twigg family lawsuit heard in Victoria
Contracts 2022-06-03 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Pitcher Partners has filed a bid to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging the accounting firm helped Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.

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Qantas takes fight over axing of ground staff to High Court
Appeals 2022-06-02 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Qantas has asked the High Court to reverse a judgment that found it violated the Fair Work Act by axing 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent them from bringing industrial action.

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Barrister raises concerns about Nine’s ‘disarmingly frank’ submission in Schiff defamation case
Dauid Sibtain 2022-06-01 5:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A barrister for CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank Peter Schiff has raised concerns that Nine has filed an unlawful defence in a defamation case over a 60 Minutes episode accusing the bank boss of tax evasion and helping figures in organised crime.

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‘High prices, worse service’: Optus CEO lashes proposed TPG-Telstra deal
ACCC 2022-06-01 10:19 pm By Harry Thomas Sydney

The CEO of Optus has come out swinging against a proposed 10-year agreement between TPG and Telstra to share mobile network infrastructure and spectrum in parts of regional Australia, warning it would harm consumers.

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Uber appeals ruling it sought legal advice on how not to get ‘caught’
Amy Campbell 2022-05-31 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Uber has appealed a ruling that found many of its email exchanges with its lawyers were made in furtherance of offences at the centre of a class action and were not protected by legal professional privilege.

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Class action investigation targets Mercedes-Benz over recall
Automotive 2022-05-31 6:56 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Mercedes-Benz is facing a potential class action over a recall affecting over 17,000 vehicles installed with faulty brake boosters.

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Ex-Dick Smith CEO should be liable for approving $28.5M in dividends, appeals court told
Alice Zheng 2022-05-30 9:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The former CEO of failed electronics retailer Dick Smith should be held responsible for approving two dividend payments worth $28.5 million which the company could not afford to pay given it owed millions in unpaid bank loans and supplier debts, an appeals court has heard. 

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Crown cops record $80M penalty for ‘clandestine, deliberate’ China Union Pay scheme
Crown Resorts 2022-05-30 9:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Victoria’s gambling regulator has hit Crown Resorts with a record $80 million penalty over its China Union Pay scheme, which allowed wealthy Chinese patrons to illegally access nearly $164 million in funds.

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ANZ wrongly slapped customers with cash advance fees, ASIC claims
ANZ 2022-05-30 11:17 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group hit hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, and the Big Four bank has still not rectified the problem, ASIC alleges in new civil penalty proceedings.

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Ben Roberts-Smith to call last-minute witness over alleged Easter Sunday killing
Arthur Moses 2022-05-27 10:32 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has won a bid to call a troop commander known as Person 81 in his defamation trial against Fairfax Media, despite the media company’s objections.

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