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Mark Elliott’s firm has fees cut by ’embarrassing’ $2M as Murray Goulburn settlement approved
Class Actions 2020-04-07 4:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has signed off on a $37.5 million Murray Goulburn class action settlement but slashed $2 million in legal costs sought by Mark Elliott’s […]

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John Setka defeats poaching case by CFMEU boss
Employment 2020-04-06 11:26 am By Miklos Bolza

Union heavyweight John Setka has successfully defended a case brought by CFMEU boss Micheal O’Connor seeking orders restraining Setka from poaching members from the union’s […]

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Citing coronavirus, judge orders limited discovery in ANZ, Westpac ‘junk’ insurance class actions
Class Actions 2020-04-03 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Noting the challenge of searching for documentary evidence while employees are working from home, a judge overseeing two consumer class actions against ANZ and Westpac […]

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Treasury Wine Estates hit with class action over earnings downgrade
Class Actions 2020-04-03 12:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

Treasury Wine Estates has said it will vigorously defend a shareholder class action filed this week over a recent earnings downgrade, one of two possible […]

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Group members to get policy cancellation info in NAB insurance class action settlement
Class Actions 2020-03-30 9:02 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge overseeing a class action against National Australia Bank over ‘junk insurance’ has ordered that potential group members be given information about cancelling the […]

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Judge approves Bellamy’s $49.7M settlement of shareholder class actions
Class Actions 2020-03-13 11:13 am By Christine Caulfield

A judge has given his blessing to a $49.7 million settlement of two class actions that alleged infant food maker Bellamy’s misled investors about its […]

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‘I wish they’d bloody get on with it’: Victoria’s AG impatient for passage of contingency fee bill
Class Actions 2020-03-11 10:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy is “cautiously confident” that her bill allowing lawyers in the state to charge contingency fees will pass as early as next […]

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Club denied funding takes legal action in ‘sports rorts’ scandal
Sports 2020-03-05 9:24 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Law firm Maurice Blackburn has taken legal action on behalf of a sports club which missed out on funding from a $100 million grants program, […]

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ANZ and Westpac hit with junk insurance class actions
Class Actions 2020-02-28 1:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

Slater and Gordon has expanded its Get Your Insurance Back campaign, launching class actions against ANZ and Westpac over allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, just […]

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Judge spots ‘fundamental flaw’ in NAB insurance class action settlement
Class Actions 2020-02-25 10:25 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has questioned whether he should sign off on a $49.5 million settlement in a class action against National Australia Bank over allegedly worthless […]

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