Peter Collinson

A judge has rejected AirServices bid for a separate hearing on whether it was required to manage environmental issues outside of its leased site at the Launceston Airport in Tasmania.

BHP has asked for more time to grapple with a shareholder class action’s amended pleading, saying the changes, if allowed, threaten to derail the trial start date in September.

A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can't apply retroactively.

Group members will receive no less than 50 per cent of a $42.25 million settlement reached in a shareholder class action against engineering firm CIMIC.

Macquarie Capital has hit back at a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO, saying it was entitled as underwriter to rely on the software company's promises.

Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used “unfair tactics” to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

A class action against Toyota Finance has argued it can add new claims that are out of time because Victorian courts cannot factor in the loss of limitations defences in deciding whether to allow amendments. 

A judge has approved a $57.5 million settlement in a class action against ANZ over credit card interest, including allowing the funder to recoup $1.2 million in after-the-event insurance costs.

CIMIC has agreed to pay $45.25 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging it failed to properly inform the market about its investment in a Middle East company.