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One Key Workforce liquidators vie for unpaid wages in union spat
Liquidators for failed labour hire business One Key Workforce are disputing a claim by the CFMMEU for wages owed to employees, saying the money should be given to them while they wind up the company.
NAB hit with class action over ‘worthless’ credit card insurance
Slater and Gordon has filed the first class action over "worthless" credit card insurance, alleging  National Australia Bank violated consumer protection laws when it sold the insurance to customers who were not eligible to bring a claim under the plans' terms and conditions.
Law firms won’t challenge AMP class action ruling
A landmark ruling that transferred four competing federal class actions against AMP to state court will stand, with the law firms behind the cases opting out of a fight in the High Court.
Ashurst investigation docs sought in Bechtel same-sex harassment suit
A Bechtel worker who claims his genitals were groped by a male employee and that the construction giant discriminated against him by failing to take the same-sex harassment seriously has sought documents from an internal investigation by Ashurst into the matter.
Broker can’t take back admission in Provident class action defence
A judge has shot down a last minute bid by an insurance brokerage facing a cross claim in a class action over failed debenture issuer Provident Capital to retract an admission in its defence ahead of trial next month.
Competing Murray Goulburn class actions look set to co-exist
The judge presiding over two shareholder class actions against Murray Goulburn indicated Friday he would likely let both cases proceed jointly to a trial in 2020.
Slater & Gordon targets banks, wealth managers in class action campaign
Law firm Slater and Gordon will launch a series of class actions alleging the big banks and wealth managers ripped off more than $1 billion from members of their superannuation funds.
Bellamy’s wants judge to limit costs of competing class actions
A year after the Federal Court issued its important ruling on competing class actions and foreshadowed orders prohibiting duplicative legal fees, the company at the centre of the proceedings -- organic baby food maker Bellamy's -- has called on the court to make good on its promise about costs.
Disgraced gynaecologist Emil Gayed faces potential class action
Plaintiffs law firm Slater & Gordon is considering a class action against gynaecologist Dr. Emil Gayed, who was found guilty of professional misconduct after patients complained of undergoing unnecessary surgery and not giving informed consent to procedures.
AMP wins bid to move class actions to state court
AMP has prevailed in a hard-fought fight over where it will defend five shareholder class actions brought in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission, in a precedent-setting judgement that provides a road map for future jurisdictional battles over competing class actions.