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‘No real contrition’: ASIC seeks $17.5M penalty against AMP in fees for no service case
ASIC has told a judge AMP should face a $17.5 million penalty for deducting $356,000 from customers' superannuation accounts for advice they never received, saying the wealth manager had shown "no real contrition" for its conduct.
MobiSuper, ZIB Financial fined $250,000 for ‘misleading’ superannuation marketing
A judge has fined superannuation fund promoter MobiSuper and licensee ZIB Financial $250,000 for misleading marketing calls.
Victoria can’t quash hotel quarantine class action
The state of Victoria can't duck class action claims that failures in its hotel quarantine program caused businesses to suffer losses when stage three and four restrictions were put in place during the state's second wave of COVID-19 cases in 2020.
Mawhinney slammed for taking lawyers’ reputation ‘hostage’ in ASIC appeal
The former legal representatives of James Mawhinney have hit back at allegations of incompetence by the embattled Mayfair 101 founder on the last day of his appeal against decisions that saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.
CoreStaff’s class action settlement wins OK despite costs, commission burning through 60%
A judge has approved a $6.4 million settlement in a class action on behalf of Papua New Guinea workers against labour hire firm CoreStaff, despite the agreement allotting less than half the proceeds to group members.
‘Alarming consequences’ if each building warranty breach creates new claim, court says
A judge has ruled that separate breaches of statutory building warranties do not create individual causes of action, in a win for an owners corporation bringing claims against the builder of an allegedly defective Haymarket apartment building.
Inchcape keeps up fight with Chubb over coverage for ransomware attack losses
UK automotive distributor Inchcape has challenged a judgment that put insurer Chubb on the hook for some but not all of the financial losses stemming from a cyberattack that allegedly caused $4 million in loss.
Judge slams Domino’s for obstructionism in underpayments class action
A judge has blasted Domino's for its obstructionism in an underpayments class action and promised to order the pizza franchise giant to hand over information on its stores to facilitate settlement.
‘Long overdue’ legal costs reform to hit Victorian courts
A report commissioned by the Supreme Court of Victoria has recommended a massive overhaul to the system for awarding costs in civil proceedings, trashing the “opaque” and “inadequate” scale of costs system.
Class action against Westpac says bank’s discovery not up to Worley standard
Westpac and the lead applicant in a class action filed in the wake of AUSTRAC proceedings are still battling it out over discovery of evidence three years into the case. And the applicant claims the bank's discovery protocol fails the new test set by the Full Federal Court earlier this year.