Yesterday
Dubber sues auditors BDO for negligence over missing funds
The ASX-listed company backed by tech billionaire Alex Waislitz is trying to recoup $26.6 million of funds it says disappeared from a term deposit last year.
This Month
Waislitz-linked sibling row goes deeper than gift house
“Real Housewives of Melbourne” star Venus Behbahani says she agreed to give up her share of a company owned with her sister if she was given a property.
Lex Greensill decries ‘code of silence’ in $677m SoftBank case
The Australian financier has given evidence for the first time in a court case brought by Credit Suisse over the collapse of his trade finance firm.
Lex Greensill ‘slippery and prone to lying’, court told
A former SoftBank executive disclosed the comment in a lawsuit brought by Credit Suisse fund after the collapse of Greensill Capital.
Sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’? Weinstein retrial nears end
The majority-female jury is expected to start deliberations at some point on Wednesday, inheriting a case that was seen as a watershed five years ago.
Federal Court faces audit prospect over legal expenses
The court is again dealing with criticism it is failing to properly disclose spending.
Waislitz and Pratt drama is running out of lawyers
Billionaire Alex Waislitz may have lost Arnold Bloch Leibler’s services, but he’s got plenty of other lawyers on his books.
May
Trump’s tariffs resume as White House targets activist judges
A federal court paused a ruling that found the import levies were illegal. The US can now continue to collect the tax while the reprieve is in place.
Justice Michael Lee plans holiday, screenplay
Apparently, there’s already parties keen to produce the play set in Sydney in the 1930s.
The ATO has applied to wind up this former Ange-coached club (again)
The Australian Taxation Office has escalated a dispute with Indonesian-owned A-league club the Brisbane Roar.
Newington co-ed fight raises questions about private school charities
When you count so many investment bankers and accounting partners among your old boys, it’s no wonder your trust structures get complicated.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘kidnapped aide’ in plot to kill rapper Kid Cudi
Capricorn Clark’s account of violence launched the third week of testimony at the hip-hop mogul’s Manhattan federal sex-trafficking trial.
Big sovereign wealth funds eyed stakes in Melbourne Airport
Over a dozen international investors, including Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, were interested in acquiring stakes, court documents reveal.
Dexus wins Melbourne Airport reprieve, says co-investors overreacting
The asset manager will not have to sell its 27 per cent stake in the airport’s owner until the question of whether it breached confidentiality is examined.
Rest Super a potential loser in Dexus’ Melbourne Airport stoush
Retail workers holding pensions with Rest Super stand to lose their exposure to the key infrastructure asset if Dexus is forced to sell its holding.
Justice Lee back relishing the limelight in Qantas hearing
There’s hardly a big business case in the Federal Court that doesn’t end up on his docket.
Dexus’ Melbourne Airport fund investors call in lawyers for battle
Lawyers have been called in to fight what could be a long court battle on behalf of wealthy investors who bought into a special fund holding Melbourne Airport.
Abuse, blackmail: ‘Diddy’ jurors told of dark side of star’s relationship
Sean Combs’ former girlfriend is testifying about the underside of a relationship that played out publicly of the couple on red carpets and at celebrity events.
Former ASIC chairman James Shipton returns to police jurisdiction
A sojourn at Oxford briefly interrupted an investigation into a recorded phone call.
April
Robyn Denholm’s ‘simply absurd’ family office legal fight
For someone who has made her career advising tech and telco companies, the Tesla chair is failing at trademark claims.