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AMP financial advisers win class action over BOLR policy changes
Financial Services 2023-07-05 11:08 am By Cindy Cameronne

The lead applicant in a class action against AMP Financial Planning on behalf of 542 advisers has won $813,000 in damages after a judge found […]

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Trial questions won’t be revised to give Monsanto ‘layer of insurance’ in class action
Product Liability 2023-06-22 11:47 am By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a class action against Monsanto over its weed killer has rejected the agrochemical giant’s application to amend the common questions to be […]

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7 years in and counting, Worley class action ‘needs finality’: judge
Class Actions 2023-06-20 2:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined to hear an interlocutory stoush about the scope of a shareholder class action against engineering company Worley before an upcoming trial, […]

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WA government faces second class action by Banksia Hill inmates
Class Actions 2023-05-18 2:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Law firm Levitt Robinson has filed a second class action against the Western Australian government on behalf of inmates in the state’s Banksia Hill detention […]

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7-Eleven class action judge OKs $2.25M in costs of settlement approval argument
Class Actions 2023-05-11 3:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing two 7-Eleven class actions has signed off on $2.25 million in costs incurred by the funder and lawyers in their pitched battle […]

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Noumi class action judge questions ‘unusual’ privilege bid over docs seen by Ashurst, PwC
Class Actions 2023-05-08 10:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned an “unusual” bid by Noumi to shield over 3,000 documents, their titles and the identities of those who sent them to […]

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Class action can’t grill Noumi lawyer on legal privilege claims over PwC docs
Securities 2023-05-02 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in a shareholder class action against the former Freedom Foods have failed in a bid to cross-examine Noumi’s inhouse counsel on affidavits swearing […]

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‘Excessive’ costs by Nando’s top tier law firm for simple exam chopped by 72%
Franchises 2023-04-27 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The costs billed by Nando’s Australia’s law firm for work on a “straightforward” judgment debtor examination of a franchisee — totalling almost a fifth of […]

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Court wants to avoid judgment of ‘hundreds of pages’ in Monsanto class action
Class Actions 2023-03-08 3:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A busy judge has pushed the parties in a class action against agrochemical giant Monsanto to split the trial to focus first on the question […]

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7-Eleven class action funder to appeal denial of CFO
Class Actions 2023-03-06 4:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a $12 million payment to the funder of two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven, even as the funder plans to appeal […]

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