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Law firm with lowest ever GCO wins battle to run Star class action
Class Actions 2023-09-19 12:12 pm By Sam Matthews

One law firm has emerged victorious in a four-way contest to run a shareholder class action against Star Entertainment with the lowest proposed group costs […]

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United to steer clear of franchisees amid class action contact concerns
Class Actions 2023-09-18 2:25 pm By Sam Matthews

United Petroleum has given an undertaking to not contact group members in a class action against the petrol giant over the introduction of loss-making Pie […]

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Holden dealers reject GM’s bleak alternate reality in class action
Class Actions 2023-09-13 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

Holden dealers in a class action over GM’s decision to retire the brand in March 2020 have taken issue with the car maker’s counterfactual in […]

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IAG class action says 30% GCO can’t be compared to beauty parade rates in Star cases
Class Actions 2023-08-18 2:29 pm By Sam Matthews

In its bid for a 30 per cent group costs order, the applicant in a class action against Insurance Australia Group says the percentage shouldn’t […]

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Hyundai, Kia class actions transfer bid should precede beauty parade: courts
Class Actions 2023-08-10 2:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two courts have ruled that in competing class actions against Hyundai and Kia over allegedly faulty anti-lock braking systems, a plaintiff’s bid to transfer one […]

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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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Uber class actions win orders barring unregistered group members from settlement
Class Actions 2023-07-24 5:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Uber and the applicants in class actions against the car service will head into mediation later this year, and only group members who sign up […]

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Judge orders ‘soft’ class closure in flex commissions class actions
Class Actions 2023-07-21 10:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Westpac, Macquarie and ANZ have won soft class closure orders ahead of mediation in three class actions over flexible commissions schemes after a judge found […]

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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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No basis for emissions defeat claims in class action, Toyota says
Class Actions 2023-07-07 4:15 pm By Gareth Baker

Toyota has denied allegations it fitted up to 500,000 diesel vehicles with engine devices designed to scam emissions tests, in a class action that could […]

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