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Firm must compete to administer $192.5M PTTEP class action settlement
Class Actions 2023-03-22 9:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm that ran a class action over the 2009 Montara oil spill must compete to administer a $192.5 million settlement, with a judge […]

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Nursing home in COVID-19 class action asked to hand over insurance info
Class Actions 2023-02-06 10:29 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against a Victorian aged care home over alleged “major failures” during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has asked the facility […]

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COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action defeats state’s bid for stay
Class Actions 2023-02-03 3:28 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action on behalf of businesses claiming harm from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle has staved off the state of Victoria’s bid for a […]

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Class action funder’s son drops appeal of ruling linking him to Banksia scam
Class Actions 2023-02-01 4:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

The son of the lawyer behind the Banksia Securities class action has effectively abandoned his appeal of a court judgment that found he knowingly and […]

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Class action settlements that came under fire in 2022
Class Actions 2023-01-25 11:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Courts stepped up their scrutiny of class action settlements in 2022, with judges grappling with difficult issues such as funding commissions in employment cases and […]

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Amid push for reforms, judges refuse to recuse themselves time and again
Courts 2023-01-18 4:09 pm By Sam Matthews

Requests by litigants for judges to disqualify themselves from presiding over cases were largely denied last year, in a raft of decisions containing lessons for […]

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Banksia judge rejects recusal push by senior barrister’s wife
Class Actions 2022-12-12 4:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies associated with the wife of disgraced senior barrister Norman O’Bryan can’t get a new judge to hear their battle against a third-party costs summons […]

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COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action fights state’s bid for stay
Class Actions 2022-12-12 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of businesses claiming harm from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle has fought back against the state of Victoria’s bid to […]

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Judge laments ‘extremely slow’ COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action
Class Actions 2022-12-01 9:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has pulled up legal teams in a class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of businesses that allegedly suffered loss from […]

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Judge slashes law firm’s uplift in Box Hill Institute class action
Class Actions 2022-11-30 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $33 million settlement in a class action against vocational education provider Box Hill Institute, but taken the ax to a […]

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