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Group members left with less than half of $18M UGL class action settlement
Class Actions 2019-10-29 1:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

UGL shareholders that signed up to a class action against the engineering company over disclosures related to its Ichthys power plant contract will get less […]

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Group members expected to get half of $16.5M Forge class action settlement
Class Actions 2019-10-25 12:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm and funder behind a class action against collapsed engineering and construction company Forge Group, former directors and their insurers, which has now […]

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Stage set for battle over court’s power to vary class action funding agreements
Analysis 2019-10-22 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge’s decision refusing to approve a $42 million settlement in a shareholder class action against Murray Goulburn because of a “too high” funder’s commission […]

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Judge rejects $42M Murray Goulburn class action settlement, says funder’s cut too high
Class Actions 2019-10-16 2:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused to sign off on a $42 million settlement of a class action against dairy giant Murray Goulburn, saying the commission sought […]

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Full Court finds Bellamy’s cost-capping appeal ‘not strong’, but denies indemnity costs
Class Actions 2019-10-07 4:53 pm By Miklos Bolza

A failed challenge by baby food maker Bellamy’s Australia to a decision rejecting its application to limit legal costs in two class actions was “not […]

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Judge to sign off on settlement in Don Dale detention centre class action
Class Actions 2019-09-25 8:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has indicated he will approve a confidential settlement in a class action brought by a litigation guardian of young Indigenous Australian detainees against […]

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Courts to up scrutiny of group member returns in class action settlements, report says
Class Actions 2019-09-20 9:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Expect increasing emphasis by judges on how much class action members will pocket, as scrutiny of settlements in representative proceedings continues to ramp up, says […]

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‘That’s something that happens in Victoria’: NSW judge hesitant to reallocate VW class actions settlement approval
Class Actions 2019-09-16 10:22 pm By Amelia Birnie

The judge overseeing multiple class actions against Volkswagen over its dieselgate emissions scandal has said he will ā€œneed persuadingā€ before reallocating the settlement approval to […]

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Crown can appeal ruling that freed Chinese employees to talk to lawyers
Appeals 2019-08-29 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown Resorts has been given the greenlight to challenge a court order allowing former employees to talk to lawyers for a class action over its […]

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Bellamy’s interests protected without class action cost-capping, Full Court says
Appeals 2019-08-28 8:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Concerns about duplicative costs in multiple class actions are better addressed by case management decisions aimed at cutting excessive expense, not by limiting the amount […]

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