Judge tells would-be international star he's 'dreaming'
TV producer cum 'international singer' Charles Dupois was sure his hits 'It's a Sexual Thing' and 'Girls, Girls, Girls' would sell 18,000,000 copies and reap him millions in royalties.
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Sarah Danckert
Sarah is a business courts reporter based in Melbourne.
ASIC reviews banks and the result is not pretty
UBS' run-in with the NSW government over the sale of the state's electricity assets has sparked an extensive review of investment bank practices.
Death in paradise: ASIC asleep to Ponzi scheme
When the body of financial adviser Steve Halgryn washed up on a Sunshine Coast beach, the initial focus was finding out how he died.
Oswals catch a break in legal stoush
As Pankaj and Radhika Oswal's battle with ANZ and receivers at PPB, a Federal Court order in Perth will make life easier for the billionaire couple.
Gutnick clan moves to up Merlin Diamonds stake
The Gutnick family is preparing to plough nearly $2.4 million into listed explorer and miner Merlin Diamonds a little more than a month after the clan's patriarch Joseph Gutnick entered bankruptcy.
Oswals v ANZ: 'Find out what yanks their chain'
A senior ANZ banker and receivers from PPB discussed getting "pressure points" on billionaire couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal just days before their fertiliser business went into receivership, a court has heard.
'Toorak titan': Billionaire slammed in court
Billionaire rag trader Solomon Lew's Just Group has been accused of embarking on a "fishing expedition" in his legal battle against the retailer's former CFO.
The Oswals' $35m shopping spree
Flamboyant billionaires Pankaj and Radhika Oswal used Burrup Fertilisers' money to furnish their extravagant lifestyle, a court has heard.
Incriminating tapes out of context: Westpac
Westpac is pleading a case of mistaken identity it hopes will undermine the corporate watchdog's attempt to sting it for rigging the bank bill swap rate.
Are class actions cactus?
As the $55 million decision was delivered at the High Court in Canberra this week, it sounded to some as if it were a death knell for class actions.
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