Jetstar is seeking an initial trial on an issue it claims will be a “silver bullet” against a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the third decision approving an unaltered group costs order at the resolution of a class action, a judge has OK’d an $85 million settlement by ANZ, representing a $21 million payday for Maurice Blackburn.
The plaintiff in a flex commissions class action against ANZ has asked the court to approve a $85 million settlement, including a 24.5 per cent group costs order, citing the “considerable risk” involved in running the case.
A judge overseeing the settement approval process in a flex commissions class action against ANZ has issued a warning to third parties “seeking to profit” off group members, as a claim aggregator appears on the scene.
A judge has rejected AirServices bid for a separate hearing on whether it was required to manage environmental issues outside of its leased site at the Launceston Airport in Tasmania.
Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used “unfair tactics” to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.
Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.
The High Court has declined special leave to a former Rigby Cooke client who unsuccessfully challenged the law firm’s win in a dispute over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.
Rigby Cooke has prevailed in an appeal by a former client that challenged a ruling for the law firm over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.
A Melbourne law firm has triumphed in a lawsuit by a former client that accused it of breaching its fiduciary duty in “hard-fought” litigation over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.