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WestConnex class action set for hearing on discontinuance
The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.
WestConnex class action says funding options have been exhausted
The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.
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WestConnex class action funder fights plaintiffs’ bid to drop case
A funder that has allegedly refused to provide further funding in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project is also fighting the plaintiff’s bid to discontinue the case, with a judge calling the funder’s opposition “very problematic”. 
Marsh points finger at UBS in $7B Greensill cases
Insurer Marsh has fired off a cross-claim against Swiss bank UBS in several cases brought over Greensill’s $1.7 billion collapse. 
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Mineralogy wins access to top CITIC exec’s emails in Sino Iron legal saga
Clive Palmer's Mineralogy can access the content of email inboxes of two senior executives at engineering firm CITIC in a feud over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. 
A ‘maddening morass’: Court strikes out COVID-19 vaccine class action
A judge has struck out an "incoherent" COVID-19 vaccine-related class action, saying someone could go "mad" trying to understand the pleadings in the case.
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WestConnex class action applicants defeat funder’s latest appeal
The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW over the $16 billion WestConnex project has lost another appeal in its ongoing spat with the lead applicants.
Funder in spat with WestConnex class action applicants can’t dodge costs
That it once had a $100,000 bank cheque is not sufficient evidence to prove a funder behind a class action over the $16 billion WestConnex tunnel can meet a costs order in a feud with the applicants, an appeals court has said.
Funder sues WestConnex class action plaintiffs for $1.4M
The funder backing a class action against Transport NSW by residents displaced by the construction of Sydney's WestConnex tunnel has brought proceedings seeking $1.4 million from the lead plaintiffs.
Mineralogy can’t get more discovery from CITIC in $12B Pilbara mine feud
Mineralogy has lost its bid for expanded discovery from CITIC in a case seeking to compel the Clive Palmer-owned tenement owner to file expansion proposals allegedly needed to maintain production at a Pilbara iron mine.