A court has signed off on a $2.6 million settlement in a class action against Endeavour Energy and two other companies over the 2013 Mt Victoria bushfires that will leave class members empty-handed.
A judge has ordered changes be made to the opt out notice in three class actions over the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day bushfires in South West Victoria, after insurers complained comments made by a Maddens principal to a local newspaper were misleading.
The lawyers leading a class action seeking damages from electrical distributor Endeavour Energy over the 2013 Mt Victoria bushfires have made a bid to amend the pleadings as the six-week kicked off Monday in the NSW Supreme Court.
A settlement offer promising swift payment that was sent to class members in a lawsuit against Powercor Australia over the 2018 St Patrick’s Day bushfires in Victoria was misleading, a judge has found.