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Law firm fight over Jaguar Land Rover class actions not over yet
Class Actions 2023-10-27 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Maurice Blackburn looks set to appeal a decision booting its class action against Jaguar Land Rover in favour of a case by a rival law firm whose experience in a similar class action was the deciding factor in a carriage contest.

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Experience trumps funding model in Jaguar Land Rover beauty parade
Class Actions 2023-10-12 12:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has awarded carriage of a class action against Jaguar Land Rover over allegedly defective diesel filters to a law firm that won a similar case against another car maker, saying the firm’s experience was not a “neutral factor”.

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Competition class action against AGL Energy in doubt after funder exits
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-10-12 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The future of a competition class action against AGL Energy is in doubt after being abandoned by its funder, despite evading the energy supplier’s bid to dismiss the case.

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Top class action, commercial barristers among 25 new silks
Business of Law 2023-10-06 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

Twenty-five barristers have joined the rank of silk in NSW, including one who represented AMP in a class action that settled for $100 million and another who is assisting the Commonwealth in its fight to recoup $325 million in excess subsidies in a dispute over generic Plavix.

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Group members to get $84M from AMP class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-10-06 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Maurice Blackburn will seek $26 million in costs from a $110 million settlement in a long-running class action against AMP over its fees-for-no-service conduct, leaving more than three-quarters of the settlement to be distributed to group members.

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High Court asked to revive Volkswagen airbags class action
High Court 2023-10-04 9:14 pm By Sam Matthews

A failed class action against Volkswagen over Takata airbags is seeking special leave from the High Court, arguing an appeals court was wrong to find a reasonable consumer would be comfortable with an airbag that posed a potential risk of rupture.

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Takata airbags class action against Volkswagen fails again
Appeals 2023-09-05 10:41 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Volkswagen over allegedly deadly Takata airbags has failed a second time after an appeals court found “a merely speculative” risk of rupture was not enough to find the vehicles unacceptable.

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AMP to pay $110M to settle shareholder class action
Class Actions 2023-08-21 11:30 am By Cindy Cameronne

A shareholder class action that was filed in the wake of the banking royal commission over AMP’s fees-for-no-service practices has settled for $110 million. 

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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 Financial Planning paid consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers significantly more to review a court-ordered remediation than was paid to customers who suffered loss after an adviser churned life insurance policies for higher commissions, a judge has said.

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Class action judge concerned about Colonial ‘siphoning’ $655M to CBA
Class Actions 2023-03-17 2:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a class action against Colonial First State Investments has raised concerns about a $655 million dividend to CBA, questioning whether group members’ recovery could be in danger.

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