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BHP has asked for more time to grapple with a shareholder class action’s amended pleading, saying the changes, if allowed, threaten to derail the trial start date in September.
A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can't apply retroactively.
A court has approved a $19.25 million settlement renegotiated by Adero Law in proceedings against hospitality giant Merivale, but has cut more than $400,000 from the firm’s share.
AMP has won its bid for more information on a class action’s allegations that it charged excessive insurance premiums, saying the applicant appeared to be “in search of a case”.
The law firm running a class action against hospitality giant Merivale wants a court to waive a penalty for its failure -- once again -- to properly disclose its fees.
BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.
A shareholder class action against BHP over the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil has won a bid to add an extra three weeks to a six-week hearing to account for any evidentiary surprises.
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.
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.
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.