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Vaccine developer loses ‘life and death’ fight with university
Healthcare 2024-10-01 2:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A vaccine developer cannot prevent Flinders University from blocking his access to a research lab and interfering with the supply of mice for research relating to COVID-19 and other diseases. 

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Romeo’s class action members won’t get paid by Christmas after ‘tense’ exchange with judge
Class Actions 2022-11-15 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing two underpayment class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has declined to vary a settlement agreement to provide for distribution by Christmas, saying plaintiff firm Adero Law had not taken “all reasonable steps” to facilitate the payments.

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Law firm loses fight over legal fees in Romeo’s class actions
Class Actions 2022-10-06 3:18 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected a class action law firm’s challenge to her decision to slash its fees in two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s after finding it “seriously breached” rules of the legal profession. 

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‘I have no faith in your time records’: Class action firm ticks off judge
Class Actions 2022-09-29 4:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge who slashed the fees of a law firm that reached a $1.55 million settlement in two class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has expressed her “annoyance” at the firm’s attempt to tender time records to justify the bill.

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Law firm challenges serious breach finding in Romeo’s class actions
Class Actions 2022-09-21 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class action law firm Adero Law is fighting a judge’s order that its fees be slashed in two underpayment class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s, arguing the court’s finding it seriously breached legal profession rules was not based on evidence.

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Judge OKs $1.6M settlement in Romeo’s class actions but slashes law firm’s share
Class Actions 2022-09-19 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has signed off on a $1.55 million settlement to resolve two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s, but has reduced the pay out to the law firm running the cases by 25 per cent, saying the firm had “no legal entitlement” to the fees.

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Judge questions law firm founder on why employment class actions are worth it
Employment 2022-06-14 5:28 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned whether class actions are the best way to resolve underpayment disputes during a hearing on a settlement in two class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s, which one group member called “criminally unfair.”

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Romeo’s class action settlement issues put approval in doubt, judge says
Class Actions 2022-03-30 6:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Questions raised about the structure of a settlement of two wage class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s don’t just threaten to reduce the law firm’s costs but could derail the whole agreement, a judge has said.

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‘I don’t accept it’: Judge questions costs, confidentiality in Romeo’s class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-03-08 10:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has come down hard on a settlement in class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s, saying group members had been kept in the dark and the costs to be paid to the plaintiffs’ firm did not add up.

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