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Judge blocks lawyers’ access to docs in stayed Monsanto class action
Lawyers for the lead applicant in a stayed class action against Bayer-owned Monsanto over its weedkiller Roundup cannot access discovered documents in a separate class action against the agricultural giant in advance of mediation next year.
Hotel quarantine, aged care reports boost class actions, lawyer says
Reports exposing serious government and healthcare failures amid Victoria's second COVID-19 wave have strengthened the claims in class actions against the Andrews government and two aged care providers, according to the law firm behind the cases.
Another aged care provider faces class action over COVID-19 outbreak
A nursing home in Melbourne's Western suburbs may be hit with a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that resulted in the deaths of 11 residents.
Third class action filed over Victoria’s botched COVID-19 hotel quarantine program
A class action targeting security companies contracted by the Victorian government to guard returning travellers in hotel quarantine has been launched, bringing to three the number of group proceedings filed over the botched program.
Law firm investigates border closure class action
The Andrews government is facing another COVID-19 related class action, this one on behalf of farm operators financially stung by Victorian and South Australian border closures.
Andrews government faces second class action over COVID-19 lockdown
A second class action has been launched against the Andrews Government over stage four restrictions imposed on Victorians, alleging failures to manage the state's hotel quarantine program were directly to blame for the second wave of COVID-19 cases.
Class action crackdown spurs rush to the courthouse
Eight law firms made it to the courthouse door just under the wire last week, filing class actions on the eve of regulations that will require funders to register their class actions as managed investment schemes.
St Basil’s hit with class action over COVID-19 outbreak
St. Basil’s in Victoria has become the latest aged care facility to face a class action over its allegedly negligent handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Class action launched against Melbourne aged care home at centre of COVID-19 outbreak
The son of a 92-year-old woman who died after she contracted COVID-19 at a Melbourne aged care home has launched a class action against the residential facility, claiming damages for stress and anxiety caused by his mother’s death.
Mills Oakley faces negligence lawsuit over share sale to Slater & Gordon
National law firm Mills Oakley has been accused of negligence and breach of contract over advice the firm gave regarding the sale of shares in a personal injury law firm to Slater & Gordon.