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BHP class action to take fresh look at pleadings after failure of CBA cases
Class Actions 2024-07-18 1:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A shareholder class action against BHP has sought more time to finalise its pleadings ahead of trial, after a judge threw out two class actions against the Commonwealth Bank that also alleged continuous disclosure breaches.

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Mired in interlocutory skirmishes, protracted BHP class action just got more entangled
Class Actions 2024-06-20 11:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP wants to appeal a decision giving a class action the OK to fix what a judge accepted was an “inadvertent mistake” that resulted in a ruling — itself the subject of an appeal — which limited the group member definition.

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Class action against BHP can amend shareholder group after ‘inadvertent mistake’
Class Actions 2024-06-06 1:20 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a six-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has allowed the applicant to retroactively amend the group definition, accepting that a pleading mistake was contrary to the intended class membership in the case.

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BHP fights class action’s bid to augment group after pleading mistake
Class Actions 2024-03-25 9:58 pm By Sam Matthews

A five-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam is seeking to amend the group definition following a judgment limiting the class size, but the mining company says it should not be punished for the applicantā€™s pleading mistake.

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Franchisee class action against Hogā€™s Breath Cafe thrown out
Class Actions 2024-01-30 5:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed a franchisee class action against the Hogā€™s Breath Cafe restaurant chain after the lead applicants failed to hand over $1.23 million in security for costs.

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BHP class action fights ruling limiting group size
Appeals 2023-11-28 1:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has appealed a judgment that found shareholders who did not purchase their stock on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from the case.

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BHP shareholders from secondary platforms not part of class action, court says
Class Actions 2023-11-03 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP has won its argument that shareholders who did not purchase their stock while trading on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from a securities class action over the collapse of a Brazil tailings dam.

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BHP says investors from secondary platforms can’t be in class action
Class Actions 2023-10-18 3:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

BHP has argued that investors who bought shares through secondary platforms are excluded from a long-running shareholder class action over a failed Brazilian dam, a claim slammed as an “unduly narrow reading” of the case.

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Hogā€™s Breath class action ā€˜canā€™t be left in abeyance foreverā€™, judge says
Class Actions 2023-06-05 4:22 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has warned against a franchisee class action against Hogs Breath Cafe Australia remaining in limbo after the restaurant chainā€™s bid to toss the case was set back by the second applicantā€™s poor health.Ā 

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‘Scandalous episode of corporate misconduct’: Judge OKs $1M GetSwift class action settlement
Securities 2023-02-02 3:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $1 million settlement in a shareholder class action against failed tech start-up GetSwift that leaves the law firm running the matter taking a ā€œmassive haircutā€ and the funder $5.5 million out of pocket.

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