William Edwards

Previously calling it a "spectacular waste of time", the applicant in a class action against a Johnson & Johnson unit is challenging an order that requires consumers to register for the case ahead of any settlement.

Brambles has asked a judge to put off quantification of group members' claims as it challenges its loss in a shareholder class action and told the court that settlement talks would be a “waste of time and resources”.

A class action against Aristocrat over allegedly illegal casino gaming apps is worth “hundreds of millions of dollars” and represents up to 1.6 million group members, a court has heard.

Superannuation trustee Macquarie says a class action over the collapse of the Shield investor fund needs to back up its claim of loss, which it says must account for its remediation to members in a parallel case by ASIC. 

Optus has urged a court to make orders requiring group members to register for a data breach class action that covers 9.5 million people, but the lead applicant argues the case should remain open. 

In a change of heart, a judge has appointed two barristers to act as contradictors in argument over the funder's proposed $244 million cut of a record $750 million settlement in two Toyota class actions.

The litigation funder that bankrolled two class actions against Toyota, which settled this month for a record $750 million, faces a grilling by the Federal Court over its proposed commission -- the largest payout ever sought in an Australian class action.

A class action against REST Super has opposed a bid for 'soft' class closure, arguing that registration numbers will provide very little information about the group at this stage.

A contradictor has urged a judge to reject an $18 million settlement in a class action over sinking homes, saying that owners' claims that were excluded had not been fully investigated.

A contradictor has urged a judge to reject an $18 million settlement in a class action over sinking homes, saying that owners' claims that were excluded had not been fully investigated.