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Latest News in Financial Services AU
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October 21, 2026
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has ordered a businessman and his wife to pay about $46 million to financial services firm Merricks Capital after they defaulted on a property development loan they guaranteed.
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October 21, 2026
ASIC alleges that Super Retail Group's former chief executive misled its directors by dismissing allegations of a relationship with its then-HR boss as baseless, according to Federal Court of Australia documents provided to Law360.
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October 21, 2026
AI could make legal services more accessible to people deterred by cost and complexity, but pricing models that reward time spent must change, the chief executive of Maurice Backburn told Law360 ahead of a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
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October 21, 2026
Victorian Court of Appeal President Rowena Orr, who earned the nickname "Shock and Orr" during the banking royal commission, has pledged to make the court's work more accessible and understandable to the public as she takes on its top judicial role.
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October 21, 2026
A Victorian Supreme Court judge has taken the "exceptional" step of restraining ERA Legal from continuing to act for the lender in a dispute over a $911,000 business loan, saying allegations that the law firm fraudulently amended the mortgage securing the loan created a conflict of interest.
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