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Timbercorp trio face the music

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... former directors must today face a class-action suit filed against them in 2009 by more than 2000 investors in the Supreme Court. The investors have made allegations of conflicts of interest, breaches of directors' duties, misleading conduct and other ...

Calls for more investors in Great Southern class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... proceed. Ron Willemsen, a principal in M+K, said having succeeded with an "icebreaker" case where the Victorian Supreme Court allowed the first case to proceed, the "opportunity for investors to recoup their losses was now ripe." The case is gaining ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... M+K were forced to finalise its second class action claim to gather extra information. Investors have asked the Supreme Court of Victoria to set aside loans they took out with the banks for Great Southern investments and be reimbursed for all costs.

AMP positions senior AXA staff

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... and platform available to AXA financial advisers, independent financial advisers and their customers. The Victoria Supreme Court yesterday approved the share scheme for the merger. Updated at 5.30pm

Platypus wins court case

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
A Victorian Supreme Court Justice ruled in favour of Platypus Asset Management yesterday, in its dispute with a former employee. Philip Pepe was employed as a senior analyst at Platypus from April 2006 to October 2007. In August 2008 he filed a claim ...

Court rejects Great Southern statement of claim

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
Great Southern investors face another roadblock after the Victorian Supreme Court decided not to allow Macpherson+Kelley to file its latest statement of claim in the class action against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. This decision follows an earlier decision ...

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers are progressing with their legal campaign against Great Southern, filing with the Victorian Supreme Court further allegations through a class action against the collapsed agricultural investment scheme manager. Formerly a ...

Broker jailed for false trades

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... immediately before being released on a recognisance release order - for share price manipulation. He was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria following an investigation by ASIC into the manipulation of the share price of Bill Express Limited, which ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... invested in forestry, olive, almond or cattle projects between 2005 and 2008. M + K filed the writ in the Victorian Supreme Court on 27 May. According to a press statement, the defendants include Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Javelin Asset Management and ...

KPMG challenges ASIC on Constitutional powers

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... empowers it to act on behalf of investors the regulator believes are aggrieved. The legal action commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria in October 2008 in relation to the auditing of financial accounts of various Westpoint companies conducted by ...