Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said new laws may not be needed to remedy the cracks in the financial system laid bare during the Hayne Royal Commission. […]
An appeals court has shut down a case brought by investment adviser Deep Investments against a solicitor and six others over $10 million in alleged […]
A judge has shot down a bid by Cash Converters to recuse himself from hearing arguments for a $16.4 million class action settlement, saying his […]
AMP has retained Herbert Smith Freehills — one of its go-to law firms — to represent it in legal proceedings by the Australian Securities and […]
An ecological landscaper suing the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust fund for an undeveloped climate change policy has lost an application for a maximum costs order […]
A judge that dismissed an investor class action against the Public Trustee of Queensland over the failure of investment firm Octaviar Group improperly intervened in […]
ASIC is seeking approval from the High Court to appeal a judgment that let a former director of Gold Coast finance company MFS Group partially […]
National Australia Bank has rejected a class action’s claims that it pushed worthless credit card insurance onto its customers, saying it was up to the […]
Australia’s four biggest lenders had an expensive year in court last year, but with cases spilling over into the new year and the fallout from […]
From a record-setting funder’s cut to the first call for “proportionality”, last year saw a number of groundbreaking judgments approving class action settlements worth more […]