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 […]
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 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 […]
An impending three-week trial for the Robodebt class action may be in danger due to stage 4 lockdown measures in place in Victoria to control […]
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 […]
A judge has been accused of “very aggressively” raising issues with a barrister for the Federal Government over its failure to amend its defence in […]