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The law firm that's running a franchisee class action against United Petroleum over allegedly loss-making Pie Faces stores has has won its bid to peek at draft communications the oil giant wants to send to group members.
Care A2 Plus should be given leave to appeal a ruling over an overlapping US case by former business partner Gensco so that it can file a challenge in the High Court if need be, a court has heard.
The Full Federal Court's finding that the High Court did not extinguish the power of judges to make common fund orders on approval of class action settlements is the latest milestone in the evolution of Australian class action jurisprudence, experts say.
Despite an influx of data breach class actions and a large number of competing proceedings, the past financial year has seen the lowest number of new class actions filed in six years, according to a new report.
NAB unit NULIS Nominees was not only allowed to charge superannuation fund members fees for adviser commissions, it was "obliged" to do so, a court has heard during a class action trial over alleged conflicted remuneration.
NAB unit NULIS Nominees was “hopelessly conflicted” in continuing to charge allegedly unlawful adviser commissions to superannuation fund members, a court has heard on the first day of a class action trial.
The judge overseeing a slow moving class action against four AMP subsidiaries and two trustees over alleged excessive superannuation fees has expressed his frustration with delays in the case, fixing the case for trial over the wealth manager's protest.
A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who claims he was sacked for complaining about Lendlease's attempts to avoid tax liability has asked the High Court to overrule a judgment finding recent changes to whistleblower protections do not apply retrospectively to cover his claims.
United Petroleum, which is facing a franchisee class action over allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores, is resisting a plaintiff law firm's bid for “a right of veto” over the petrol giant's communications with group members, even those not represented by the firm.
AMP and a group of financial advisers in a class action over changes to the firm's buyer of last resort policy have agreed to another round of mediation, even as the wealth manager appeals a judge's liability finding.