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Two failed shareholder class actions against Commonwealth Bank have been returned to a judge to decide if 'no transaction' claims can still be pursued, a move CBA argues is a way to keep alive cases that are “truly dead”.
Following the failure of two class actions to prove market-based loss from the Commonwealth Bank’s disclosure breaches, the bank is fighting the class actions' bid to pursue individual ‘no transaction’ cases, saying they were “trying to keep something alive that is truly dead”.
A class action against aged care provider Bupa faced tough questions by a judge on Monday, who grilled counsel over the case's theory of loss. And the answers — rather than reassuring her — raised the spectre of a summary judgment fight.
A judge has criticised Mayfair Group’s “directing mind” James Mawhinney in a do-over of ASIC’s case over notes tied to Mission Beach properties, saying “vociferous and continuous efforts” to blame others, including lawyers, for investor losses did not reflect well on him.
The corporate watchdog has brought proceedings against the former director of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange platform Blockchain Global for alleged violations of his directors duties.
On the first day of a seven-week class action trial, a judge has heard that AMP Superannuation failed to renegotiate interest rates with AMP Bank for up to 12 years, despite investing as much as $2 billion in customers' superannuation with the bank.
In explaining where CBA shareholders went wrong in proving damages from the bank's omissions over an AUSTRAC probe, the Full Federal Court has given class action plaintiffs the clearest indication yet of how they might win.
The failure of two class actions to prove loss linked to the Commonwealth Bank's disclosure breaches was not the fault of the bank, an appeals court has held in dealing the latest blow to shareholder group proceedings.
Two class actions against Commonwealth Bank have partially succeeded on appeal, with a finding that the bank breached its continuous disclosure obligations, but damages still elude shareholders.