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‘Not a suburban golf club’: Judge slams delays in Blue Sky class action
Banton Group 2022-11-02 2:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised the applicant in a class action against failed asset manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments for filing court documents late, as he prepares to grapple with an imminent competing class action.

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High Court dashes Kupang Resources’ bid to see ex-director’s tax docs
Australian Government Solicitor 2022-10-13 3:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mineral exploration company Kupang Resources has lost its battle for access to documents produced to the ATO by a former director accused of embezzling millions of dollars.

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Blue Sky, auditor EY hit with shareholder class action
Banton Group 2022-08-23 11:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Failed asset manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has been served with a class action over the company’s alleged overstated financial reports between 2016 and 2018 that also targets nine former directors as well as auditors Ernst & Young.

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Law firms’ agency agreement prevails over ‘opaque’ funding in Nuix class action battle
Banton Group 2022-08-23 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firms Shine Lawyers and Phi Finney McDonald have won a contest to jointly run a class action against embattled tech company Nuix, with rival Banton Group losing out on its “opaque” funding agreement.

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Arrium class action fights $8M security bid, says directors not owed costs of ‘Rolls Royce’ defence
Accounting 2022-08-16 11:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Shareholders in a class action against Arrium and KPMG are fighting an $8 million security for costs order sought by former directors of the failed steel giant, who say they should not be forced to defend the case “on a shoestring.”

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Kupang Resources takes battle for director’s tax docs to High Court
Appeals 2022-07-22 2:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mining company Kupang Resources has asked the High Court to weigh in on its bid for tax office documents as it litigates to recoup millions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the company’s former shadow director.

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Nuix slams class action carriage agreement as ‘anti-competitive’
Banton Group 2022-07-18 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews

Shine and Phi Finney McDonald’s fallback plan to cooperatively run a class action against Nuix has come under fire, with the technology company urging the court to make the two firms compete against one another for sole carriage.

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Knives come out in Nuix class action beauty parade
ASIC 2022-06-16 10:21 pm By Sam Matthews

A victor remains to be crowned following a heated beauty parade between competing class actions against tech company Nuix, with two law firms facing criticism for their “cumbrous” consolidation proposal and a third firm copping flak for its “opaque” financials.

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Law firm seeks 30% cut in EML shareholder class action
Banton Group 2022-06-14 2:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm that’s running a shareholder class action against payment processing company EML will seek a group costs order for a 30 per cent cut of the suit’s proceeds.

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CBRE offered to pay $600,000 before winning $20M negligent valuation case
Amelia Avery-Williams 2022-06-10 1:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has handed CBRE indemnity costs for successfully defending a negligent land valuation lawsuit by defunct fund manager City Pacific after it had offered $600,000 to settle the case.

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