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Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... case is seeking leave to appeal to the High Court. The banks, led by Westpac, lost an appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court last month on a 2008 ruling that ordered them to pay $1.58 billion to the liquidators of former tycoon Alan Bond's company ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... AGM slated and the Mirvac (Domaine Steel) and Nathan Tinkler (Ocean Street Holdings) matter is due to be on in the Supreme Court. In Australia, the market on Monday closed at its highest level since May, as investors were encouraged by separate moves ...

Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The New South Wales Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in the long-running case against New Zealand businessman David Hobbs, who stands accused of heading a US$42 million Ponzi scheme. ASIC first took action against the unlicensed operators of ...

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... Wilson HTM has been awarded $174, 416 in damages, after chief justice Patricia Bergin said this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, that commission and revenue statements tendered to rival broker Ord Minnett by Wilson's former Sydney desk boss Joseph Pagliaro ...

APRA probe key in NAB case: Lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... assessment of investments linked to toxic US subprime mortgages was insufficient, according to documents filled in the Supreme Court of Victoria yesterday. An affidavit tendered to the Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to several internal NAB emails ...

Ruling returns $62 million to MF Global customers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... learned they would be entitled to the distribution of $62 million of funds pursued by creditors. A ruling in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday established that the $62.7 million under contest from MF Global Singapore in addition to ordinary creditors of ...

Wilson staff shared information while sign on bonus was discussed

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... negotiating a sign on bonus with the company. Wilson HTM has launched legal action against Ord Minnett in the NSW Supreme Court, accusing it of a deliberate plan to take over the company by poaching key staff. In Final submissions to chief justice Patricia ...

Ord Minnett conspired to take us over: Wilson HTM notifies court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... to take over fellow broker, Wilson HTM, by paying sign on fees to poach its advisers, said Wilson HTM in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday. Five Wilson employees were paid approximately $5.4 million by Ord Minnett, the court heard. Wilson HTM chief executive ...

Former investment company director pleads guilty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... although there are some living in Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra. On June 13, 2012, ASIC obtained consent orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland to wind up Tanoak Pty Ltd and another company of which Ms Oakley was sole director, Fintel Financial Intelligence ...

ASIC uncovers investment scam

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... financial services business, following an investigation that resulted in 37 investors losing approximately $680,000. The Supreme Court of Queensland has made declarations against West Trade Group, West Trade Cars, West Two and its directors Tiffany Lea ...