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CBA looks for plaintiffs to assist in remediation process

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... meantime, the bank has appointed two new members to its independent review panel. Retired Justice of the Queensland Court of Appeal, the Hon Geoffrey Davies AO will be the panel's deputy chairman. Davies was the chairperson of the litigation reform commission ...

'Business as usual' for Perennial despite legal bid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... action in the NSW Supreme Court in 2011, which they lost. That decision has now been upheld in the NSW Supreme Court of Appeal. "It has and continues to be business as usual within the Perennial Group, with each of the boutiques, including Perennial ...

Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... them to pay $1.58 billion to the liquidators of former tycoon Alan Bond's company, Bell Group. In August the WA Court of Appeal upheld the 2008 decision ordering the banks to pay, in addition to accepting part of Bell's counter appeal that the trial ...

Mahogany enters voluntary administration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... refunded any of the funds to Mahogany after being awarded costs again Lehman Brothers Special Financing by the UK Court of Appeal on 6 November. Mahogany claims it had "no choice but to enter voluntary administration in order to avoid insolvency in 2010". ...

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Corporate Trustee Services (BNY) to recover "collateral" which could be used to repay Mahogany noteholders. The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that Mahogany noteholders have priority over Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc (LBSF) in relation to the ...

Adler appeal dismissed

The criminal court of appeal dismissed an appeal by former HIH director Rodney Adler for a permanent stay of criminal proceedings brought by ASIC. Mr Adler was committed to stand trial in July 2003 for criminal proceedings involving three counts of ...

Elliott appeal dismissed

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... million compensation for allowing flour and rice miller Water Wheel Holdings to trade while insolvent. The Victorian Court of Appeal dismissed his application and ordered Elliott to pay court costs of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Victorian Court dismisses Dotnet director's appeal

The Victorian Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Andrew Geoffrey Thomson, a former director of a number of dotcom companies including Dotnet Ltd and Hotlinks Internet Services Pty Ltd Mr Thomson appealed against the sentence imposed on 20 August ...

Petroulias to stand trail after appear decision

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
... assistant tax commissioner Nick Petroulias will stand trial for allegedly defrauding the Commonwealth. The NSW Court of Appeal today overturned a decision to quash the charges against Petroulias, who was arrested on March 24, 2000 for an alleged scam ...

Anscor general manager sentenced, ASIC responds to Elliot decision

... five years as a result of today's conviction. Meanwhile, ASIC chairman David Knott has responded to the Victorian Court of Appeal decision on the application by former Water Wheel director John Elliott, for a stay of the orders made against him by the ...