Case updates

Yeeda shareholder hit with costs after failed DOCA challenge

Star Entertainment licence suspension extended as refinancing clock ticks

LJ Hooker heir defeats liquidator’s claim over 2020 restructure

Federal Court finds no breach of duty despite value shift away from holding company

Federal Court refuses to strike out liquidators’ preference claims despite prolonged delay

Indemnity costs ordered against plaintiffs as court finds failure to prosecute but declines dismissal in favour of mediation and strict case management

KPMG settlement approved in CuDeco shareholder class action

Receivers’ clawback claims against Ponzi scheme investors survive summary judgment bid

Director ordered to repay $1 million after BestEx collapse

Federal Court finds funds advanced for Hong Kong licensing were held on trust and misapplied

Court will no longer tolerate "languid, listless indifference of gentleman directors"

Star executives failed to exercise required care in overseeing junket risks as Federal Court stresses active oversight duties for directors of regulated companies

QRO ordered to repay $2.8M in voidable transactions

Payroll tax recovery payments set aside after regulator unable to show it acted in good faith

Court refuses to saddle liquidator with personal costs

WA Court backdates winding up in rare move

Retrospective orders regularise defective liquidation of incorporated association

Royalty rights survive Arrium DOCAs

Franco-Nevada’s Peculiar Knob entitlement not extinguished by 2017 restructuring, but court rejects bid to vary royalty formula through course of dealing