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Firm with lowest contingency fee wins praise in Star class action beauty parade
Class Actions 2023-06-28 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

As the knives come out in a contest between four law firms battling to run an $80 million class action against Star Entertainment, a court-appointed […]

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No win, no fee model bashed in four-way fight to run Star class action
Class Actions 2023-06-27 11:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Three firms fighting for carriage of a $80 million class action against Star Entertainment say a group costs order would guard against ‘costs blowouts’ in […]

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‘Fundamentally wrong’: Judge pans AMP’s payment to PwC for remediation review
Financial Services 2023-06-02 3:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

It was “fundamentally wrong” that AMP paid consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers significantly more to review a court-ordered remediation than was paid to customers who suffered loss after […]

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‘Absurd and unworkable’: Lendlease pans ex-Greenwoods partner’s argument in tax dodge case
Employment 2023-05-22 9:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A sacked Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has been criticised for claiming that […]

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Court OKs walk-away settlement with former RCR Tomlinson directors
Class Actions 2023-04-05 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a walk-away settlement with two former directors of RCR Tomlinson in a shareholder class action against the failed engineering company. NSW […]

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Full Court to decide scope of whistleblower laws in ex-Greenwoods partner’s $13M case
Employment 2023-03-22 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge hearing a lawsuit by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has […]

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CBA’s former boss Ian Narev grilled over internal audits 4 years before AUSTRAC action
Class Actions 2022-11-14 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank has told a court internal auditors raised issues with CBA’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance four years […]

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Class action can’t get its hands on AMP, Clayton Utz emails
Class Actions 2022-11-09 9:24 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a class action over AMP’s fees for no service practice has dismissed the applicant’s bid to access communications between AMP and law […]

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GetSwift class action applicant must ‘bite the bullet’, judge says
Class Actions 2022-11-04 5:15 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against the now failed GetSwift has urged the applicant to decide soon if he will forge ahead with […]

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$27M penalty for ‘extensive and systematic’ failures by CBA units
Financial Services 2022-10-25 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank units CommSec and Australian Investments Exchange have been ordered to pay more than $27 million for “serious and unacceptable” system failures that led […]

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