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7-Eleven class action funder wins first-ever interim payment from settlement
A judge has granted a litigation funder for two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven an interim payment to cover its costs ahead of a ruling on how much it can pocket from a $98 million settlement.
Salter Bros scores win in suit against former Hendry Group CEO
Salter Brothers has won its lawsuit against former Hendry Group CEO Emma Hendry alleging the firm was misled into investing millions of dollars into the investment firm in 2019.
‘Unsatisfactory state of affairs’: 7-Eleven class action funder wants $16.6M advance on payout
A litigation funder for two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven has asked a court for a $16.6 million payout to cover its costs before a judge rules on how much it can pocket from a $98 million settlement.
Mayfair’s James Mawhinney agrees to steer clear of IPO Wealth investors
Mayfair Group’s James Mawhinney has given an undertaking to not contact group members in a class action against a trustee of the collapsed IPO Wealth fund after allegedly urging investors, through a PR firm, to reject a settlement offer.
Class action should foot the bill for first ever group costs order, judge says
A judge who ordered the first ever group costs order in a class action has found that the costs of the application should be borne by the class action.
Class action wants BSA to double first payment under $20M settlement
Technicians bringing a class action against BSA have argued it should double its first settlement payment using money raised in its 2022 prospectus after the telco contractor filed an “urgent” bid to ringfence capital raisings from the $20 million payout.
Class action settlement with IPO Wealth trustee ‘a lot less’ than investors’ claims, court told
Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund stand to recoup “a lot less” than their alleged $67 million in losses from a settlement in a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled the unit holders -- but they will take home 75 per cent of the resolution sum, a court has heard.
$27M pelvic mesh class action settlement offer pulled amid ‘financial difficulties’
Settlement talks in a class action on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products have failed after Astora Health took a long-standing $27 million settlement offer off the table. 
Law firm’s tiered contingency fee in doubt in Beach Energy class actions
A judge deciding one of the first ever applications by a law firm for a percentage cut of a class action will have to determine whether Victoria's ground-breaking contingency fee legislation allows a group costs order to operate with a sliding percentage return.
Judge to hear rival bids for contingency fees in Beach Energy class actions
A judge overseeing a beauty parade of two class actions against Beach Energy will hear competing bids for contingency fees by the plaintiffs' firms before choosing which of them will have carriage of the case.