Fresh of a record settlement for the Robodebt scandal, the government is facing a new class action over a law that retroactively allowed it to impose surcharges for card payments, which the suit says amounts to unjust enrichment.
The lead applicant in a class action challenging Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray during a protest over the International Mining and Resources Conference in 2019 has been awarded $54,000 in damages.
The privacy watchdog has given a preliminary view that it won’t investigate a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over a 2022 Optus data breach, citing its own proceedings, a court has heard.
The judge overseeing a jointly run class action against Google, which has already fended off a third proceeding in a contest to pursue the digital giant, will not keep the case waiting for a looming fourth action.
AMP has agreed to pay $29 million to settle a class action alleging insurance customers were overcharged, putting to rest another case stemming from “serious misconduct” that came to light curing the 2018 banking royal commission.
The applicant in an immigration detention class action that was discontinued four years ago wants to revive the proceedings, arguing the solicitors and the court misunderstood a High Court decision as dooming the case.
Four group members in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven that settled for $98 million in 2022 are seeking court review of the amounts they were awarded under the settlement scheme.
A judge has refused a bid by several KFC franchise owners to send a notice encouraging group members register for an underpayments class action prior to mediation, which the applicant argued would “blow up” settlement talks.
Woolworths is under siege by lawyers, with the supermarket giant facing another class action following findings that put it on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in staff compensation.
A judge has approved a $110 million settlement in a class action against BHP over the collapse of a tailings dam, and has OK’d fees and commission reducing the sum by 50 per cent, despite concerns the costs were excessive.