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Judge wrong in case over insurer’s pre-existing condition term: ASIC
Insurance 2025-07-08 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has appealed a Federal Court decision that rejected part of its case against HCF Life Insurance over a pre-existing condition term in its policies that was found to be misleading but not unfair.

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In ANZ class action, court approves third settlement GCO without altering rate
Class Actions 2025-07-07 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the third decision approving an unaltered group costs order at the resolution of a class action, a judge has OK’d an $85 million settlement by ANZ, representing a $21 million payday for Maurice Blackburn.

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State blasts ‘magical thinking’ of hotel quarantine class action
Class Actions 2025-07-03 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has attacked the “magical thinking” of a class action over its COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, as the applicants seek to plead an alternative case holding the state responsible for a wave of infections.

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Enviro group can’t dodge costs for failed challenge to wind farm
Environment 2025-06-27 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

An activist group which unsuccessfully challenged the government’s approval of a wind farm in North Queensland because of its effects on rare birds has lost its bid to dodge costs on public interest grounds, with a judge saying both sides sought to advance the public interest.

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EML Payments settles shareholder class action for $37M
Class Actions 2025-06-25 11:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Payments processing company EML has agreed to pay $37.3 million to settle a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns with its anti-money laundering compliance.

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Unfair to deprive Maurice Blackburn of higher fees in class action run with Slaters: judge
Class Actions 2025-06-24 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has OK’d a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms’ rates.

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Judge from Maurice Blackburn puts self-imposed ban on firm’s cases
Class Actions 2025-06-23 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has recused himself from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building, and has imposed a ban on presiding over any cases involving Maurice Blackburn for a period of time.

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Hotel quarantine class action wants to put on ‘impossibly different’ case, court told
Class Actions 2025-06-19 2:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has sounded alarm bells about an amendment application by a class action over the COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, telling a judge it amounts to a new case with an “infinite number of permutations”.

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Optus agrees to pay $100M in ACCC case over unconscionable sales tactics
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-18 3:35 pm By Andy Sidler

Optus has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty in a case brought by the ACCC, admitting the watchdog’s allegations that staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn’t afford.

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Piper Alderman, former GC named in Godfrey Hirst’s trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2025-06-17 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Carpet giant Godfrey Hirst has brought proceedings against its former general counsel and former law firm Piper Alderman, alleging they were involved in a scheme to give confidential information to a rival

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