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Judge doubts power to order irrelevant docs be produced in aged care class actions
Class Actions 2023-11-13 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has upheld a ruling that rejected a bid by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers for insurance and financial information, finding […]

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‘Giant of the court’ calls for judicial appointments commission
Courts 2023-09-27 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

A retiring judge whose career has included oversight of some of Victoria’s biggest cases has called for reforms to the judicial appointments process to address […]

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Shane Tuck’s wife to drop concussion class action against AFL
Class Actions 2023-09-26 11:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm representing the wife of the late AFL player Shane Tuck in a class against the Australian Football League on behalf of players […]

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Court approves ‘lower end’ settlement in public housing class action
Class Actions 2023-08-17 9:36 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a $5 million settlement in a false imprisonment class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of residents of nine […]

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Facing new indictment over hotel quarantine, Victoria wants class action defence kept secret
Class Actions 2023-08-10 2:36 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria is making a bid to suppress its defence in a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine fiasco, as it […]

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Judge rejects latest pleading in plastic surgery class action
Class Actions 2023-08-10 10:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has directed a class action on behalf of 1,000 patients of Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates to have […]

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Judge strikes Banksia funder’s son from roll, OKs settlement with barrister’s wife
Class Actions 2023-07-31 11:37 am By Christine Caulfield

The son of the architect of the Banksia class action fraud has been struck from the roll of lawyers by a Supreme Court of Victoria […]

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Arrium class action’s potential loss of contingency fee irrelevant to transfer fight, KPMG says
Class Actions 2023-07-27 5:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

The possibility that a NSW judge will revoke a contingency fee order made in a class action over Arrium’s collapse is irrelevant to whether the […]

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Jury finds for AFP in childcare operators’ defamation case over press conference
Trials 2023-07-19 4:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

The operators of a childcare business have failed to persuade a jury that a press conference by the Australian Federal Police about an alleged multimillion […]

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Three years in, court coming to grips with group costs orders
Analysis 2023-07-17 10:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Three years on from their debut, group costs orders — which entitle law firms to a percentage of any recovery in class actions — have […]

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