20-7-18 / Shane Monks, Matthew Hickey OAM — Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Corporations, International, Land Law & Property
A class action and related proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, in which relief was sought on behalf of investors in a large "Ponzi" scheme operated in the Republic of India. The investors sought to trace their pooled funds from India, where they had been invested in…
12-9-17 / Shane Monks, Matthew Hickey OAM — Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Corporations, International, Competition & Consumer
An interlocutory application concerning the appointment of a referee in accordance with s 54A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) to report in relation to the domestic law of the Republic of India. Shane Monks (led by Caroline Kenny QC) appeared for applicants in the proceeding (but…
11-9-17 / Shane Monks, Matthew Hickey OAM — Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Corporations, Competition & Consumer, International
An interlocutory application concerning whether or not the Federal Court of Australia had jurisdiction to to determine a separate question at a separate trial. Shane Monks (led by Caroline Kenny QC) appeared for the applicants, Matthew Hickey (led by Savage QC) appeared for the first respondents.
12-10-16 / Matthew Hickey OAM, Shane Monks — Class Actions, Corporations, Commercial Equity
This was an interlocutory application in a closed class representative proceeding. The applicants contend they represent a community action group of 46,000 Indian investors. That group (they say) is a subset of a group of some 58.5 million people who invested more than $9 billion in a Ponzi scheme in India,…
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