Class Actions

The High Court has been asked to overturn a NSW Court of Appeal decision finding it had no power to exclude unregistered group members from […]

A judge has expressed concerns about the plaintiff’s bid for a 39 per cent group costs order in a shareholder class action against fleet management company FleetPartners, saying the purpose of the GCO regime was to lower costs to group members.

A class action against ANZ and former subsidiary OnePath has been given the green light to “significantly expand” its case against the big four bank, over three years after the case was first filed.

Optus has denied that it ‘cloaked’ the true dominant purpose of a Deloitte report into a major data breach in 2022, arguing on appeal that the report was privileged and that a class action should not have access to it. 

A law firm investigating a group proceeding against non-bank lender Latitude over a data breach last year has called on the information commissioner to give […]

The funder behind two class actions against Uber, which have settled for $272 million, stands to make a tidy sum if the settlement holds up […]

The plaintiffs in a class action against a group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute have told a court that a costs assessment […]

A Perth-based forex trader that allegedly failed to return investors’ funds or any profits made on trading has taken no steps in the undefended class […]

The score in shareholder class actions taken to trial now stands at a dismal 0-5 after a judge tossed class actions against the Commonwealth Bank […]

Two class actions have failed to convince a judge that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s money laundering compliance failure which led to a $700 million […]