A judge has awarded carriage of class actions against Hyundai and Kia to Maurice Blackburn after declining to allow a sixth offer by competing firm Banton Group, saying re-bids outside the orderly process of carriage fights must be “carefully assessed”.
The liquidator of six companies linked to the nephew of former Nudie Juice founder Andrew Binetter has secured approval for a settlement in a case over the fallout of a massive tax evasion scheme.
Applicants in class actions against Hyundai and Kia have complained they are being left in the dark about whether a competing set of cases will amend their pleadings ahead of next month’s law firm carriage fight.
Class actions against Hyundai and Kia say they need a third round of document discovery, two years into the cases, but a judge has said the applicants should first detail the alleged engine defects at issue.