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Deloitte director ordered to repay $3M in case of ‘remarkable fraud’
Accounting 2022-04-20 4:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A former Deloitte director accused of embezzling $3.1 million has agreed to court orders that he repay the money and hand over title to all assets — including almost 100 works of art — purchased with the alleged misappropriated funds.

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‘A remarkable fraud’: Deloitte takes director to court for alleged embezzlement
Accounting 2022-04-13 6:24 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Deloitte has secured a freezing order on the assets and bank accounts of a director accused of stealing funds from the consulting giant, in what a judge has described as an alleged “remarkable fraud”.

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‘Fugitive’ Bill Papas entitled to protect lawyer’s notes, court told
Allens 2022-04-13 4:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A lawyer for Forum Finance director Bill Papas has argued the alleged fraudster should be able to shield documents held by his former lawyer under a claim for legal professional privilege despite being a “fugitive” from contempt charges.

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Toyota could owe $2B in class action after judge finds cars were defective
Anais d'Arville 2022-04-07 3:15 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Toyota could owe close to $2 billion in compensation to 260,000 car owners after a judge found that diesel filters installed in its Hilux, Fortuner and Prado models were defective and that the cars were sold for more than they were worth.

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AG John Quigley to return to witness box in Clive Palmer defamation trial
Barry Dean 2022-03-28 10:09 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Hoping to correct “mistakes” in his testimony in the trial of Clive Palmer’s defamation case, Western Australia Attorney-General John Quigley will get the chance to amend his evidence as a witness for state premier Mark McGowan next month.

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Full Court ‘compelled’ to find class closure judgment ‘plainly wrong’
Boral 2022-03-28 11:06 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Full Federal Court has found that a landmark NSW Court of Appeal decision barring group members from being notified of future class closure orders at settlement was “plainly wrong” and that the court has the power to make the orders.

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WA Attorney General says he made ‘mistakes’ under oath in Clive Palmer trial
Article 2022-03-24 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

WA Attorney-General John Quigley wants a second go at his trial testimony in a defamation case brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer, admitting he made “mistakes” while giving evidence in the witness box.

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Judge clarifies rights of responsible entities to recoup MIS costs
Charles Street 2022-03-23 4:22 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Federal Court judgment has laid out when a responsible entity of a managed investment scheme will be indemnified for its operating costs and when it can recoup legal costs in defending lawsuits brought over trust property.

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Court appoints contradictor in class action funder’s challenge to MIS rules
Adam Hochroth 2022-03-22 3:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Full Federal Court has appointed a contradictor to “take up the cudgels” against funder Litigation Capital Management, which has challenged a judgment refusing to find that a class action filed against Queensland electricity operators was not a managed investment scheme.

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Third Nuix class action means beauty parade may be unavoidable
ASIC 2022-03-10 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Technology company Nuix has been hit with a third shareholder class action over its troubled $1.8 billion float on the ASX, setting up what is likely to be the first beauty parade in the Supreme Court of Victoria since the state allowed class action lawyers to seek a cut of any settlement or judgment.

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