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3M has told a judge that a key issue in the Commonwealth’s $2 billion case over PFAS contamination will be whether class action settlements can mitigate its limitations defence to a misleading and deceptive conduct claim.
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 judge said Tuesday a costs referee’s report did not give an “adequate basis” for $13 million in fees sought by a law firm behind a settled class action against Qantas over COVID-era flight cancellations.
Insurer Holland has been hit with a $2 million penalty over claim delays which ASIC argued warranted a $30 million penalty, the first civil penalty against an insurer for breaching its duty of good faith.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking $30 million in penalties in its case against Hollard Insurance over delays in assessing the claims of a couple over damage to their home from a storm.
The judge overseeing the federal government’s $2 billion PFAS lawsuit against 3M is grappling with how to move the "daunting" case forward, warning the parties "we'll all be retired if not dead by the time it comes to trial".
Businesses in two cases against Lloyd's and QBE over COVID-19 losses have failed in an appeal of a ruling stripping the suits of class action status.
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Activist group Friends of Australian Rock Art have alleged environment and water minister Murray Watt "cherry picked" potential economic and social benefits of Woodside's North West Shelf project while ignoring the harms.
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Communications between the environment minister's department and Woodside over the gas company's controversial North West Shelf project raised concerns about the apprehension of bias, activist group Australian Conservation Foundation has told a trial judge.
A class acton against Fletcher Building’s Iplex over thousands of allegedly burst pipes in homes around Australia is gearing up for a mammoth 12-week trial, with a separate claim by BGC, which installed the pipes, to proceed by way of a test case.