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Damages trial in live export class action to push case into 11th year
Class Actions 2024-04-08 1:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A hearing in a class action to determine the extent of lost sales suffered by cattle exporters following a ban on live exports has been […]

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Court OKs $23M settlement in Wellard class action despite funder’s ‘lion’s share’
Class Actions 2024-03-28 4:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a settlement in a shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard that grants a 34 per cent cut for group members, […]

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Court asked to sign off on 34% cut for group members in Wellard class action
Securities 2024-03-14 4:36 pm By Sam Matthews

A shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard is seeking approval for a $23 million settlement which will see only $7.86 million go to group […]

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Deductions to eat up 66% of Wellard shareholder class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-02-13 10:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Group members in a shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard will get 34 per cent of a $23 million settlement if the court approves […]

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Freight operators have a cow over port direction holding up vessel with $5.2M in cattle
Agriculture 2024-02-09 9:06 pm By Sam Matthews

Two marine freight companies have lost a fight with a local council which refused to allow it to unload 3,000 head of cattle at Apollo […]

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Cattle exporter Wellard settles shareholder class action for $23M
Class Actions 2024-02-02 3:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard over a profit downgrade following its $300 million initial public offering in 2015 has settled for $23 […]

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Government rejects $510M settlement offer in live exports class action
Class Actions 2024-01-19 5:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Minister for Agriculture has rejected an offer to settle a nine-year-old class action over the government’s 2011 ban on the live export of cattle […]

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In white spot disease class action, government points finger at importers
Class Actions 2024-01-18 5:12 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has hit back at a class action over an outbreak of white spot disease in South-East Queensland that decimated the commercial prawn […]

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Viterra can’t dodge indemnity costs in feud over $420M Joe White sale
Appeals 2023-12-08 10:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Glencore-owned Viterra must pay indemnity costs to four Joe White employees it dragged into a 10-year feud with Cargill over the $420 million sale of […]

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Government urged to shell out $900M to settle live exports class action
Class Actions 2023-12-04 10:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The applicant in a nine-year-old class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban has urged the Commonwealth to pay up to $900 million to […]

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