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High Court to hear class action appeal against former NAB super trustee
The applicant in a failed class action against former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees over $165 million in conflicted remuneration has won High Court leave to challenge the dismissal of his case.
BHP to get Full Court’s ear in challenge to public holiday class action
A Full Federal Court is set to hear BHP's challenge to the employment law underpinning a union's class action, with the energy giant to argue that the Fair Work Act provision governing public holidays is not capable of breach.
ASIC alleges Keystone’s Chiodo used property fund to pay legal fees
Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo has agreed not to raise money for his property fund Royce Capital after ASIC alleged the fund was secretly being used to cover his legal fees in the regulator’s enforcement action.
Jetstar class action files bid to add deceit, consumer guarantee claims
A class action against Jetstar over flight cancellations during COVID-19 wants to add claims alleging the airline breached consumer guarantees and made intentionally false statements to hundreds of thousands of customers. 
Judge says HelloFresh customers shouldn’t be cross-examined at trial
A judge has expressed concerns about plans to cross-examine consumer witnesses in the ACCC's subscriptions trap case against meal delivery companies HelloFresh and YouFoodz, saying they "shouldn't be put through that".
Second law firm investigates class action against Corporate Travel, PwC
Corporate Travel Management and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers face a second class action investigation after an 85 per cent drop in the travel agency's share price following a year-long trading suspension.
AustralianSuper agrees to $30M fine over death benefit failures
Australian Super has agreed to pay a $30 million fine in ASIC proceedings over delays in processing almost 7,000 death benefit claims, but a judge has said he does not have enough information to approve the deal. 
In class action defence, MinRes says Ellison deals did not require disclosure
In their defences to a shareholder class action, Mineral Resources’ and founder Chris Ellison have denied that two payments totalling $3.8 million needed to be disclosed to the market as related party transactions.
KPMG ban on new government work extended to October
A three-month pause on new government contracts with KPMG following claims of misuse of client auditing data has been push out another month.