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JD Group wins partial appeal in couple’s case over $10M off-the-plan apartment
Developer JD Group has scored a partial win in its challenge to a damages award to a Melbourne couple over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.6 million apartment, with a judge saying the case showed the “inherent risk” in buying apartments off-the-plan.
JD Group wins stay of damages for couple ‘misled’ over $10M luxury digs
Damages owed to a millionaire couple by JD Group over a "deliberately misleading" rendering of a $9.58 million apartment in South Yarra, Melbourne will be put on ice pending the outcome of the property developer's appeal.
Developer misled buyers of $9.58M South Yarra apartment with ‘artistic impression’
Property developer JD Group will have to pay damages to a Melbourne couple after a judge found the company’s artistic renderings of a $9.58 million South Yarra apartment were “deliberately misleading”.
Vic Solar hit with $3M penalty for consumer law violations
A judge has hit solar panel supplier Vic Solar with a $3 million penalty for breaching the consumer law by making misleading representations in thousands of door-to-door sales of solar panels.
Millionaire couple sues developer over artistic rendering of $10M dream home
The wealthy owners of a Melbourne shoe manufacturer are taking a unit of property developer JD Group to trial this week, alleging "artist impressions" of a nearly $10 million off-the-plan high rise inner city apartment were misleading and deceptive.
Top 10 class action settlements of 2020
Payouts in class actions in 2020 largely kept pace with the previous year despite the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, with companies and other defendants paying more than $696 million to settle class actions last year.
Law firm seeks $16M from $112M Robodebt class action settlement
The law firm that led an unfunded class action against the Federal government over the controversial Robodebt scheme will ask the court to approve up to $16 million in legal costs when it seeks approval for the $112 million settlement reached in the class action last year.
Robodebt judge will have fight on hands if government challenges class action legal fees
The applicant in the settled Robodebt class action has warned a judge he will have a "dispute on [his] hands" if the government presses an argument that law firm Gordon Legal is not entitled to some of its legal fees -- an argument the court was told would put the Commonwealth in breach of the settlement deed.
Robodebt class action settles for $112M on first day of trial
The parties in a class action against the Federal Government over the controversial Robodebt scheme have reached an in principle settlement as the first day of a highly anticipated hearing was scheduled to kick off.
Judge criticises ‘unhelpful’ Robodebt class action applicants as discovery narrows
A judge has narrowed discovery in a class action against the Commonwealth of Australia over allegedly unlawful Robodebt payments, criticising the lead applicants for persisting with an approach to discovery that "was not a particularly helpful one".