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Lawyers won’t move AMP class actions without a fight
Applicants in four Federal Court class actions against AMP won't voluntarily move their cases to the NSW Supreme Court on the invitation of a state judge, leaving a jurisdictional battle to rage on.
AMP class action lawyers agree to ceasefire in jurisdictional war
Lawyers in the turf war over five competing AMP class actions have agreed to a temporary peace accord after the battleground edged close to the realm of the absurd, with a threatened anti-anti suit injunction being met with calls for an anti-anti-anti suit injunction.
Class action seeks data on individuals that got Cash Converters loans
Cash Converters has been asked to produce data on individuals that it provided payday loans to in Queensland in a class action alleging it charged a brokerage fee to borrowers for services they never received.
AMP class action turf war escalates with threat of anti-anti suit injunction
The law firm behind one of four AMP class actions in Federal Court might call for an anti-anti-suit injunction in response to a threat by a NSW Supreme Court judge to block the actions from proceeding in favour of the lone case filed against the wealth manager in state court.
Commonwealth Bank class tries to fix ‘pleading deficiencies’
The plaintiffs in a shareholder class action against Commonwealth Bank have taken another stab at their statement of claim, after a judge struck down the part of their pleading alleging the bank's systems for assessing money laundering and terrorism financing risk were deficient.
Former CEO sues Bellamy’s in $1.2M share dispute
The former CEO of organic baby food producer Bellamy's Australia has sued her old employer over $1.2 million in options allegedly owed as part of a long-term financial incentives scheme.
AMP judge won’t move state class action to Federal Court
A NSW Supreme Court judge refused Monday to move one of five class actions filed against AMP to Federal Court, and invited law firms for the other four actions to join the case in the state court.
Full Court throws out CFMMEU appeal over definition of work ‘breaks’
The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by the CFMMEU claiming the times before and after work shifts counted as "breaks" in which it could meet with union members at a BHP Billiton mining site.
Chinese food retailer Winha settles case with ASX over delisting threat
China-based food retailer Winha Commerce has settled legal action it launched against the Australian Stock Exchange over ASX's threats to delist the company.
Cash Converters must answer questions on tax treatment of brokerage fees
A Federal Court judge has ordered Cash Converters to provide answers to how it treated its brokerage fees for tax purposes, as it faces new class action allegations that the brokerage fees it charged individuals who took out pay day loans were actually for services it received.