Legal AffairsLegal AffairsA sacked executive of Mike Cannon-Brookes who used a personal email to send 1000 files to Annie Cannon-Brookes must hand over his phone and other devices after being accused of leaking confidential information.
exclusiveLegal AffairsUpset staff at Slater + Gordon are comparing salaries after a spreadsheet was sent out in a ‘malicious’ email.
LEGAL AFFAIRSLegal AffairsThe Federal Court case, launched in 2022, has been delayed again after MasterCard only produced 900 documents of the 10,000 required.
EXPLOSIVE LEAKNationThe email, purportedly sent by the outgoing chief people officer, contained employee salary information, explosive allegations of dysfunction within the firm, and savage personal critiques of many colleagues.
MarketsBusinessFortrend Securities boss Joe Forster has been dealt a double blow in two cases against former staff, now at rival firm Shaw and Partners.
law firmLegal AffairsAn email purportedly sent by a senior Slater + Gordon executive to another staffer, containing explosive allegations of dysfunction and savage personal critiques, has been denounced by the embattled law firm.
‘serious failures’Legal AffairsAustralia’s largest super fund has been fined after failing to merge duplicate accounts, leading to about $69m in losses for more than 90,000 members.
ASICBusinessOnly former chief executive Matt Bekier is now likely to take the stand as ASIC wraps up its case against him and other former Star executives.
Star trialCompaniesA barrister with a thick Scottish brogue who became a lawyer after falling in love with the television drama LA Law is leading one of the corporate watchdog’s biggest cases of the past decade.
ExclusiveNationThe investigation has revolved around the alleged leak by the office of the DPP to a commercial radio outlet of legally restricted information about an underage Aboriginal offender.
exclusiveNationThe Albanese government is under pressure to honour its pledge to set up a federal judicial commission following a High Court decision that protects judges from being personally sued.
Punishment will not be enough when it comes to dealing with the Bankstown Hospital’s two nurses who made anti-Semitic threats. We need better civics education in our schools.
GamingCompaniesStar Entertainment executives suggested using receipts for private jets, yachts and diamonds to prove funds were not being transferred from China to its casinos for prohibited gambling.
Landmark rulingLegal AffairsThe High Court has overturned a landmark case that had allowed a judge to be personally sued.
UpdatedBusinessExecutives at Star Entertainment were “incurious and complacent” about money laundering risks including bags of cash secretly delivered to a private gaming salon, a court has been told.
Glen Norris and Kathleen Skene ExclusiveHealthA young girl is raised in two different cultures, by different parents. Then she dies. Who decides what happens next?
CourtsLegal AffairsR.M. Williams is facing a legal stoush in its spiritual home of Adelaide with its former landlord taking it to court for about $200,000 in disputed rent and other costs.
PropertyCompaniesOnce a prospective cattle baron, the tale of Sam Mitchell is almost over as he’s chased by bankruptcy trustees and the tax office for millions of dollars allegedly spirited away from creditors.
‘GREAT CONCERN’Legal AffairsThe NSW Chief Justice has called for perpetrators of anti-Semitism to be punished, as he accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of ‘trivialising’ the historical mistreatment of Jews.
EXCLUSIVEBusinessA financial services company that suspended redemptions in May has ties to a Melbourne property developer who is fighting allegations he spent millions of dollars on personal expenses.