Law Firms

• John Kavanagh

Failure by successive governments to expand the coverage of the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime to cover non-financial businesses has earned Australia a poor rep.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Climate advocacy groups and investors have stepped up their use of litigation to try and speed up the move to net zero and, while energy and resource companies and government bodies are the main targe.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Shine Lawyers has filed a class action in the Federal Court alleging that Aussie Home Loans sold junk insurance to up to 30,000 customers. read more

• George Lekakis

AMP shareholders who sued the company over its failure to disclose to regulators its notorious fee-for-no-service practices have settled the case for A$110 million. read more

• John Kavanagh

An English common law obligation on banks to exercise care and skill when transferring a customer’s funds may apply in Australian courts as a way for the victims of fraud to recover their money. read more

• Lynn Grieveson

Kiwi customers of ANZ and CBA-owned ASB have launched a class action lawsuit against the two banks under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. read more

• John Kavanagh

The High Court has ruled on whether the operation of the Limitations Act can be set aside by a waiver in a mortgage contract, deciding that the Limitations Act does not automatically prevent mortgagee.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Class action law firm Shine Lawyers has announced that it is considering legal action against EML Payments, over its failure to notify the market of regulatory and governance issues affecting its subs.. read more

• John Kavanagh

The Federal Court is to be given power to approve litigation funding arrangements, under changes included in a Treasury consultation paper on litigation funding schemes. read more

• Banking Day staff

ANZ staff who were secretly providing ASIC with information during a 2014 investigation into alleged market manipulation at the bank were exposed by invoices from their law firm. read more

Open banking start-up Douugh has partnered with Stripe, allowing Douugh customers to link their Mastercard and Visa debit cards to their Douugh account. read more

• Ian Rogers

After more than seven years work, a high-minded class action on behalf of bank customers with mortgage loans from Australian banks is closer to the stage of finally recruiting class members. read more

• John Kavanagh

A court has rejected an attempt to limit the scope of summonses for examination issued by authorised creditors in liquidation proceedings and confirmed that “examinable affairs” can cover a lot of gro.. read more

• George Lekakis

The Australian Litigation Funding Association warned yesterday that a High Court decision reining in activities of litigation funders in Australia would stymie class actions and drive up costs borne b.. read more

• George Lekakis

Investors yesterday responded bullishly to the findings of an independent audit of Afterpay's compliance with anti-money laundering laws even though the financial crimes regulator is yet to respond to.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Litigation funders face the prospect of having to submit an annual compliance report to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and also having to provide security for costs. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

In the shadows of the expected publication by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne of his interim report on misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industries a class action has been la.. read more

• Ian Rogers

No politburo has formed to nut out the Bell mess left by Alan Bond 27 years ago. Did Michael Edwards and Alan Bond concoct company records of an equity holding as everything else unravelled for one ma.. read more

• Banking Day staff

The Australian Law Reform Commission will inquire into "class action proceedings and third-party litigation funders" the attorney-general, George Brandis, said on Friday. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

Another legal battle over damage inflicted on conservative investors who were unwittingly lured into high risk investments is nearing an end in the Federal Court. read more