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Nine can argue MP Andrew Laming a ‘creep’ in defamation defence
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-02-04 10:38 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has allowed Nine Network to claim that MP Andrew Laming is a ‘creep’ in its contextual truth defence to the Queensland politician’s defamation lawsuit over a news segment that accused him of taking a lewd photograph.

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IOOF unit fined $6M for financial adviser’s bad advice
Caroline Kenny 2022-02-03 6:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has hit IOOF unit RI Advice with a $6 million penalty for failing to rein in an adviser who reaped hefty commissions for steering clients towards risky investments, despite earlier expressing concerns the penalty may not have enough sting.

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Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest launches private criminal case against Facebook over crypto scam ads 
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-02-03 3:12 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Australian mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has filed private criminal proceedings against Facebook over cryptocurrency investment scams that used his name and image.

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Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of Afghan man, court told as trial resumes
Anna Mitchelmore 2022-02-02 2:47 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, ordered the shooting of an Afghani man during an Easter Sunday patrol, a court has heard.

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Judge questions if ASIC’s proposed $6M penalty against IOOF unit has enough sting
ANZ 2022-02-01 4:01 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A judge has raised concerns about a $6 million penalty proposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission against IOOF unit RI Advice for failing to rein in an adviser who reaped hefty commissions for steering clients towards risky investments.

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AMP unit settles retired planner’s suit over $1M buyout deal
AMP 2022-02-01 2:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A subsidiary of AMP has settled a retired financial planner’s lawsuit accusing the company of using “unfair tactics” to avoid coughing up close to a million dollars owed under a buyout option exercised in November 2019.

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Arasor class action applicant sues funder over $1.2M in expenses
Banton Group 2022-02-01 2:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

One of the applicants in a settled shareholder class action against tech company Arasor has sued the funder that backed the case alleging it is owed $1.2 million in personal expenses accrued while serving as lead applicant on the case.

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One time Liberal powerbroker says Nine using journalist privilege to ‘block him at every opportunity’
Defamation 2022-01-31 9:30 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Former Liberal power broker Marcus Bastiaan has accused Nine Entertainment of hiding behind “the cloak of journalistic professional privilege” in refusing to provide documentary evidence concerning the production of an alleged defamatory 60 Minutes report.

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Liberal MP Andrew Laming looks to strike out Nine’s ‘desperate’ defamation defence
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-01-28 5:28 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Liberal MP Andrew Laming has slammed the Nine Network for attempting to “bully and harass” him with its contextual truth defence to his lawsuit over an allegedly defamatory news segment that accused the Queensland politician of taking a lewd photograph.

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Shell wins more in ATO appeal over $2.3B gas exploration deduction
Alain Musikanth 2022-01-27 6:00 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

An appeals court has unanimously rejected the Commissioner of Taxation’s latest bid to block Shell’s $2.3 billion tax deduction for the cost of exploration activities conducted as part of the Browse LNG project off the coast of Western Australia.

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