A judge has approved the discontinuance of a class action against a Westpac subsidiary after the funder bowed out.
Two failed class actions against CBA claim a judge used a “far too onerous test” for materiality in deciding whether the bank should have told the market about deficiencies in its anti-money laundering systems.
A senate committee has recommended that rules requiring that lawyers comply with anti-money laundering obligations should not apply to barristers acting on instructions from solicitors.
A judge has raised concerns about delays in paying three former Qantas baggage handlers compensation after an appeals court agreed they were illegally sacked and replaced with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A former director of investment firm Keystone, who is suspected by the corporate regulator of misusing millions in investor funds, has flagged a potential bid to keep his silence in a case by court-appointed receivers.
A judge has balked at a suggestion by group members appealing a $112 million Robodebt class action settlement that the Commonwealth could represent the interests of people content with the deal.
ASIC has attacked an appeal argument by payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno that athough they offered short-term loans, the fees they charged had no link to the credit services.
A unit of insurer Marsh breached its obligation not to use documents discovered in litigation over the $7 billion collapse of Greensill by using them in an anti-suit injunction bid in the UK, a court has found.
The law firm running a class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath wants a 29.4 per cent cut of the $50 million settlement, having run the case on a no win, no fee basis.
A judge presiding over two competing class actions against Harvey Norman has granted the lawyers more time to confer on whether they can reach a deal to run the cases together.