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Law firm can’t dodge $5.4M security in Macquarie class action
Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken”.
MLC Super class action settles for $64.25M
A class action on behalf of 330,000 super members has settled against the trustees of the MLC Super fund, just days after another superannuation class action flopped.
‘Replete with error’: Firm fights $5.4M security order in Macquarie class action
A law firm is challenging an order that it pay $5.4 million in a class action against Macquarie Leasing as security for the lender's costs, saying concerns about its borrowing capacity were “theoretical and speculative.”
Pacific Werribee centre owners get preliminary trial in $200M defects spat
The co-owners of Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have won their bid for a preliminary trial in a suit against Probuild Constructions and several engineering companies over $200 million in alleged structural defects.
Fletcher can’t pry into judge’s background as law firm class action head
Evidence sought by Fletcher Building from a judge's former law firm as part of the construction company's recusal bid is inadmissible, a court has ruled.
AAI class action wants to press mandatory insurance claim at trial
A 'junk' insurance class action against Suncorp unit AAI wants an initial trial to deal with the claim -- absent a sample group member -- that car dealers made purchasing a policy necessary for a loan.
Judge’s ‘past life’ comments on class action reform no basis for recusal, court told
A bid to disqualify a judge who spoke publicly about proposed reforms to class action law from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building is out of touch with reality, a court has heard.
Judge from Maurice Blackburn should not hear Fletcher class action, court told
A judge should be disqualified from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building because of his previous association with the funder, as well as public remarks he made as a plaintiffs' solicitor, a court has heard. 
Sleeping Duck shareholder rejected $4M settlement in failed oppression suit
A Sleeping Duck shareholder has been ordered to pay the company's costs on an indemnity basis in its failed oppression suit, with a judge finding that its decisions to reject Sleeping Duck's buy-out offers of roughly $4 million were unreasonable.
Insurers win another fight over COVID-19 business interruption claims
Several insurers have won a dispute with two Melbourne businesses about whether an industrial special risks policy can cover losses suffered during COVID-19 lockdowns, with a judge finding the policy did not respond just because there were recorded cases in Melbourne.