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Linchpin director loses second shot at staying appeal of 5-year ban
Appeals 2021-12-07 5:47 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Former Linchpin Capital director Peter Eugene Daly has come up short in his second bid to stay his appeal of a ruling that banned him from providing financial services for five years in light of separate proceedings brought by ASIC.

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Banksia class action funder enters administration with no assets
Andrew Palmer 2021-12-07 12:24 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The litigation funder behind a fraudulent scheme in a class action over Banksia Securities has entered administration with negligible assets to its name.

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Former CFO dragged into Westpac’s $294M fraud case against Forum Group
Allens 2021-12-07 11:45 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The former chief financial officer of beleaguered Forum Group has been dragged into a lawsuit by Westpac seeking to recoup $294 million in funds paid into an alleged fraudulent scheme.

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Dr Reddy’s must warn Celgene of plans to sell generic blockbuster cancer drug
Bristol-Myers Squibb 2021-12-07 2:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Indian generics giant Dr Reddy’s Laboratories must give Bristol-Myers Squib unit Celgene Corporation three months’ notice before deciding to sell generic versions of blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid in Australia.

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On trial for ‘parody of court hearing’, judge says he made a mistake
Appeals 2021-12-06 9:25 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A Federal Circuit Court judge has hit back at accusations he conducted “the grossest parody of a court hearing” when he unlawfully imprisoned a Queensland man for contempt of court, telling a trial “he is a human being [who] made a mistake”.

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Class closure question expected to go up to High Court
Analysis 2021-12-06 3:56 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

More than 18 months after a split emerged among the courts, the Full Federal Court will weigh in on whether judges have power to shut out unregistered group members from a class action. But given the breadth of the question for the appeals court, the issue is unlikely to be resolved there.

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‘Whole world of pain’ for solicitors if ex-ANZ trader won privilege spat, judge says
Alexander Langshaw 2021-12-06 3:52 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has said if he sides with a former ANZ trader in a privilege dispute with the bank over file notes from 2014 meetings over ASIC’s bank bill swap rate investigations it would create a “whole world of pain” for solicitors claiming privilege over their notes in other cases.

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Romeo’s to pay $1.55M to employees in class action settlement
Adero Law 2021-12-06 11:47 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Romeo’s will pay $1.55 million to registered group members as part of a settlement of two class actions alleging the supermarket chain underpaid staff.

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Lendlease loses bid for separate hearing in Acciona dispute over $160M deal
Acciona 2021-12-06 3:51 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has ruled he will not consider a separate question on whether Acciona is barred from setting off any damages payable to Lendlease in a lawsuit over the $160 million sale of its engineering business.

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Boart Longyear hit with patent lawsuit over drilling tool
Energy & Natural Resources 2021-12-06 7:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

US-based mineral exploration company Boart Longyear has been hit with a lawsuit alleging its core orientation drilling products infringe a patent owned by Australian Mud Company.

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