As the spotlight on class action costs grows, litigation funders can expect increased judicial scrutiny of their attempts to pass on the cost of after-the-event […]
ANZ will no longer contest liability at trial in a case by the regulator over more than $10 million in cash advance fees charged to […]
A fed-up judge has vented his frustration with the problem of competing class actions in a move that appears to punish the second filed case […]
Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics is set to claw back $3.27 million in commission payments made to a former manager through a secret side agreement […]
A judge aggrieved by the “plague” of competing class actions in the courts has temporarily stayed a second data breach class action against Medibank, and […]
Car electronics company Directed Electronics has challenged a ruling that partially dismissed its case over the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets by a former manager, […]
Australia’s largest private health insurer Medibank has been hit with a shareholder class action in the wake of a massive cyberattack that left the data […]
A judge overseeing a class action against Colonial First State Investments has raised concerns about a $655 million dividend to CBA, questioning whether group members’ […]
The question of whether judges have the power to hear employment cases as representative proceedings is headed to the Full Court after a union raised […]
Two judges on the Full Court bench hearing arguments over power to make common fund orders when approving class action settlements appeared to tip their […]