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A judge has restrained the receivers of Kimberley Pearl Tours from selling the key assets of the business, finding that the WA tourism company has a reasonably arguable case that they were appointed in bad faith to exert pressure on the company.
A judge has been asked to approve a revised $18.1 million settlement in an underpayments class action against Sydney Trains, reached after the registration of 260 new group members pushed the settlement above the agreed cap.
An underpayments class action against Kmart on behalf of salaried managers will go back to the drawing board after a judge said the statement of claim was “bereft of detail”.
An underpayments class action against The Reject Shop will reshuffle its case after a recent Full Court decision which had a “profound impact” on the claim period.
Woolworths has told a judge in an underpayments class action where its remediation costs could stretch to $330 million that sending a notice to group members reminding them to keep records would be “premature and potentially misleading”.
Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group has been hit with a class action for allegedly underpaying staff at its stores since 2019.
A judge has approved a $3.05 million settlement in an underpayments class action against Wilson Security brought on behalf of fly-in-fly-out security workers.
The Full Court has found that a pleading error in an underpayments class action against The Reject Shop which left it empty of group members can be fixed but that the amended pleading cannot be backdated.
Kmart has been hit with a class action on behalf of thousands of salaried managers who allege they were systematically underpaid.
A judge has criticised lawyers acting in underpayments cases against Coles and Woolworths for overly lengthy submissions and a lack of cooperation, saying the dispute has gone “off the rails”.