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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Logistics services provider Qube has resolved a lawsuit that accused the Port of Newcastle of misusing its power in the market for port services by […]
The parties in a class action against the Federal Government over the controversial Robodebt scheme have reached an $112 million settlement as the first day […]
A judge has expressed doubts that every group member in the Robodebt class action is vulnerable, as the parties gear up for two-week trial in […]
The Federal Government has critised as “hopelessly defective” a lawsuit alleging it failed to disclose the impacts of climate change to investors in sovereign bonds, […]
A judge has refused an application by the Federal Government to appeal the expansion of the Robodebt class action pleadings despite finding the case was […]
The Federal Government is appealing a judge’s decision to allow the expansion of the Robodebt class action to include claims against five public officers, including […]
A judge has slammed the parties in the Robodebt class action for sparring over the pleadings, one week after the class was given leave to […]