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QBE takes final hit in FCA test case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... overturn the UK Supreme Court decision against it in relation to policy wording issues, losing its appeal bid in the High Court. The test case was launched by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to resolve legal issues concerning the interpretation ...

ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... administrators were appointed as liquidators. According to KPMG, a joint hearing of the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of New Zealand in respect to the distribution of client funds wrapped up on December 9, with the judgement yet to be ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... husband could be considered a parent even though there is no genetic link between the father and child," he said. A High Court ruling in 2006 clarified that a sperm donor could not be considered a sperm donor with no parental rights if they are an invested ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... determination and specifically the grounds on which it could seek special leave to appeal against the decision to the High Court of Australia," the council said. QBE responded to the ruling in a release to the ASX. It estimated the next cost of any business ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... with the Commonwealth Treasury. Bird started off her career as an associated to the Honorary Michael McHugh, of the High Court of Australia, who served from 1989 to 2005. She worked with McHugh as an associate for one year in 1990. After this, she worked ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... in Sydney and Melbourne. Every week rivers of gold flow out of regional communities," he said. Rennick hinted at a High Court challenge to question whether super was constitutional if it doesn't return initial capital. He questioned if the system breached ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... their respective extraordinary general meetings and at the special meeting of WTW shareholders which was ordered by the High Court of Ireland. A spokesperson for WTW could not comment on what the merger means for the Australian business. Under the terms ...

ASIC will not appeal wagyu and shiraz decision

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The corporate regulator has announced it will not appeal to the High Court's rejection ofits case against Westpac for alleged responsible lending breaches. ASIC commenced federal court proceedings against Westpac in 2017 alleging that between December ...

High Court rules against Fortescue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The High Court in London has lifted an interim injunction preventing news organisations from publishing details of price discounts offered in the low-grade iron ore market by Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group (FMG). FMG had applied for ...

QSuper not to appeal AFCA win

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... QSuper had challenged AFCA's jurisdiction over the matter. The fund yesterday said it had decided not to appeal to High Court after considering the best interests of its membership. However, it said it is concerned of extra obligations for superannuation ...