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Sons of Gwalia Ltd. v. Margaretic: the shifting balance of shareholders' interests in insolvency: evolution or revolution?
[In Sons of Gwalia, the High Court of Australia found that shareholders who had been allegedly induced into purchasing shares in a company shortly prior to its insolvency by misrepresentations and inadequate market disclosure were able to lodge claims as creditors in the company's voluntary administration. The High Court interpreted...
Tags: Australian, B, Court, Dawson, F, Harris, High Court, House, John, Sons of Gwalia Ltd.
Research articles 2007-08-01
Removing the government's immunity from suit in federal cases
[A citizen cannot sue the government without a 'right to proceed', that is, a law removing the government's immunity from suit. Current High Court doctrine holds that, in cases in federal jurisdiction, a right to proceed derives by implication from the grant of jurisdiction. This article subjects that doctrine to...
Tags: Australian, British American Tobacco Plc., Constitution, Deane, High Court, Justice, Section, Western, Wilson
Research articles 2006-12-01
Coaching out to High Court.
Byline: Susannah Moran Nov 09, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- On 10 November 2006, the High Court of Australia will consider an issue arising from the alleged coaching of witnesses by lawyers. The matter arose from a case...
Tags: High Court, Insurance Australia Group Ltd.
Research articles 2006-11-09
High Court rules on liability for employee entitlements
Two recent High Court decisions have clarified the position in relation to employee entitlements when businesses are sold or restructured. Amcor was the leading case. In Amcor Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union & Ors, and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy...
Tags: Amcor Ltd., High Court
Research articles 2005-06-01
World Updates; U.K. brokers say probe hasn't tarnished image.(International)
Most U.K. insurance brokers believe that the public perception of the insurance industry in the United Kingdom has not changed despite the publicity surrounding the investigation into U.S. brokerage practices, according to a survey. Of the 220 respondents to the survey conducted by London-based accounting firm...
Tags: ACE Ltd., High Court
Research articles 2005-03-21
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 15, 2002.
SYDNEY, Nov 15 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: - Violent street demonstrations over the WTO's meeting in Sydney by a coalition of professional protesters have cost taxpayers more than $5 million to police. - Treasurer Peter Costello...
Tags: High Court, Macquarie Bank Ltd.
Research articles 2002-11-15
Hands puts pounds 2bn price tag on pubs empire
GUY HANDS, the financier who has made a fortune from buying up pubs, is touting his empire to possible buyers with a price tag of more than pounds 2bn on the 4,300-strong estate. Mr Hands, who runs the Principle Finance Group at the Japanese bank Nomura, has...
Tags: High Court, Punch Taverns Plc.
Research articles 2002-02-18
London ruling favors reinsurers.
London Ruling Favors Reinsurers LONDON--An important legal judgment on the right of reinsurers to deny payments to cedents which were voluntarily made through arbitration pools--such as the Wellington Agreement and the Center for Claims Resolution--has been handed down by the High Court in London....
Tags: High Court, Hiscox Plc.
Research articles 1991-07-29
BBC wins 2entertain case against Woolworths administrator
11 August, 2009 | By George MacDonald The BBC???s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has won a court case against Woolworths??? administrator Deloitte over the value of joint venture 2entertain. The High Court dispute centred on whether a licensing agreement between BBC Worldwide and 2entertain ended when Woolworths collapsed and on...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Woolworths, Deloitte LLP, BBC Worldwide Ltd.
News items 2009-08-11
JB Hi-Fi profit leaps 45%, Shares flat after Wall Street dip: Economy Roundup
Good news for the retail sector today, with electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi announcing it expects strong earnings growth in the next year with the announcement of a 45% increase in annual profit. The company recorded a full year net profit of $94.4 million for the 2008-09 year, and lifted its...
Tags: company, commitment, Wall Street, Cochlear Ltd.
News items 2009-08-11
Court throws out hacker McKinnon's appeal to Supreme Court
The High Court has thrown out Pentagon hacker's last chance of having his extradition stopped in the British courts on humanitarian grounds. The court turned down a petition by the former IT systems administrator, Gary McKinnon's to have his case refered to the Supreme Court on the grounds that extradition...
Tags: Home Secretary
News items 2009-10-09

Additional Resources

The High Court also refused an appeal from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Tenafly Eruv Association, Inc. v. Borough of Tenafly (LULR, Nov. 20, 2002, p. 187). (Briefly Noted).
THE HIGH COURT also refused an appeal from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Tenafly Eruv Association, Inc. v. Borough of Tenafly (LULR, Nov. 20, 2002, p. 187). Thus the appeals court's ruling that the borough violated the free exerc THE HIGH COURT...
Tags: U.S. Circuit Court
Research articles 2003-07-02
Israeli high court to hold hearing on legality of West Bank barrier
JERUSALEM AFP ? An Israeli high court will hold a hearing on the legality of a controversial West Bank security barrier, ahead of next month's hearing at the International Court of Justice ICJ, court sources said. The High Court of Justice was petitioned by an Israeli rights group, the...
Tags: West Bank
Research articles 2004-01-15
High court backs insurers in liquidation battle.
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to federal courts for insurers and reinsurers involved in disputes with state insurance liquidators. The high court has ruled unanimously that a federal district court in California misapplied a WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to federal ...
Tags: Allstate Corp., insurance, insurance company
Research articles 1996-06-17
FCC asks high court to ignore activists.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
A variety of industry and activist groups have asked the Supreme Court to overrule a lower-court decision that would force the FCC to rewrite most of its broadcast-ownership rules. Last week, the FCC asked the high court to ignore them all. ...
Tags: FCC
Research articles 2005-03-07
High court rules PPOs can't exclude providers. (preferred provider organizations)
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed a Virginia court's decision that preferred provider organizations in the state cannot bar health care providers from their PPO networks. The high court's decision follows a June 1993 ruling by a panel of the 4th The U.S....
Tags: Aetna Inc., health care
Research articles 1993-12-13
ACCC and Rural Press -- High Court decision.
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 December 2003-ACCC: ACCC and Rural Press -- High Court decisionC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12162003 The High Court of Australia today handed down its decision in the Rural Press case, addressing three key matters. The High Court unanimously...
Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, FINANCE, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2003-12-16
MUMBAI HIGH COURT RAISES QUERY ON ENRON COURT ORDER.
MUMBAI, Feb 8 Asia Pulse - The Mumbai High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to convey within two weeks whether a London court order, staying proceedings against Enron's Dabhol Power Company DPC in Indian courts, is still in force. MUMBAI, Feb 8 Asia...
Tags: Enron Corp.
Research articles 2002-02-08
Del. high court backs owned property exception.(Delaware Supreme Court decision in E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. versus Allstate Insurance Co. et al.)
The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld the owned property exception in a pollution coverage dispute between E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and some of its insurers. The Delaware high court's decision in DuPont v. Allstate Ins. Co. et al is only th...
Tags: DuPont Co., insurance company, Delaware, pollution
Research articles 1996-11-11
High court upholds state product liability laws.(Supreme Court)
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing plaintiffs to sue medical product manufacturers in state courts is a potential step backwards for medical device innovation," a health industry trade group said. The high court said that a fe WASHINGTON - A...
Tags: medical device, Medtronic Inc.
Research articles 1996-07-08
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