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The Full Court of the Federal Court has ruled (2:1) in Stoddart v Boulton (2001) 185 FCR 409, on appeal from Justice Reeves' judgment at first instance, that the common law privilege against spousal incrimination has not been abrogated by the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth) (the Act
The corporate regulator's recent track record in relation to the prosecution of directors continued on 23 December 2009 when Justice Gilmour of the Federal Court handed down judgment in Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
A decision of the Federal Court provides some useful reminders about misrepresentations by financial brokers and reliance on statements passed on by those brokers
