The judge overseeing a class action over the $85 million sale of a Sydney development has expressed a more favourable view of the plaintiffs’ claims than a judge who denied them an interim injunction.
A court has approved a settlement worth up to $202 million in a stolen wages class action against the government, but will hear further argument on the legal costs of the case.
Shine Lawyers wants to claim $24.5 million in legal costs in a stolen wages class action on behalf of Northern Territory First Nations people, a sum a judge called “eye watering”.
An appeals court has backed a decision awarding carriage of a shareholder class action against Downer EDI to two firms that joined their cases, rejecting an argument that it would encourage races to consolidate.
A class action by frustrated buyers over the $85 million sale of a Sydney development has failed to prevent the sale of lots, with a judge finding the class action’s claims lack evidence.
Mesoblast has agreed to settle a shareholder class action centred on statements to the market about its Remestemcel-L treatment, resolving claims it misrepresented the efficacy of the therapy for COVID-19 patients.
The judge overseeing an $100 million class action against NAB over the collapse of Walton Construction has rejected the bank’s bid for soft class closure ahead of mediation.
A class action trial has heard that allegedly flammable Alucobond panels provided by 3A Composites and supplier Halifax Vogel are comparable to petrol and could present an “insurmountable challenge” to containing a fire.
Building materials manufacturer 3A Composites has lost a challenge to questions for a judge at an initial trial of a class action over combustible cladding, with a judge finding the issue of whether the company’s Alucobond panels were of acceptable quality was common to all group members.
Aristocrat Leisure has hit back at a class action over its allegedly illegal ‘social casino’ apps, saying that playing is optional and that the lead applicant should have deleted the games.