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KPMG has lost the latest round in its fight to transfer a class action over the collapse of steel giant Arrium from Victoria to NSW, with an appeals court finding that a group costs order made in the case could not travel across the border.
KFC has been served with a class action for allegedly denying workers rest breaks, just two days after a law firm announced it had launched an investigation into the fast-food giant's break policy.
A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute have lost a second bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they were injured by botched breast augmentation surgery.
A law firm that was replaced after feuding with its funder in a successful class action over Sydney’s light rail construction has lost a bid to keep $1.25 million in security for costs, after claiming it has a right to the money due to unpaid fees.
The judge hearing a bondholders class action against Virgin Australia has deferred the resolution of the airline's cross-claim seeking seeking periodic payments from the class action to cover its costs under a contentious indemnity clause.
A judge has found Carnival PLC liable for failing to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship that left 28 people dead, but only awarded the lead applicant $4,000 for out-of-pocket expenses rather than the $360,000 in damages she sought.
A judge overseeing a class action against NAB has ordered group members to be sent an unusual notice stating that the case has been run in a “wholly unsatisfactory manner” and said he will consider dismissing the action if it continues in the same vein.
A class action investigation has been launched against KFC, which is accused of depriving tens of thousands of workers of ten-minute paid breaks during shifts.
Contracts for difference are again the target of a potential class action against an online broker on behalf of inexperienced investors who allegedly lost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Monsanto can't throw out the evidence of an expert for the plaintiff in a class action over its Roundup product who has testified that the company engaged in criminal conduct in trying to bury scientific reports on the popular weed killer's alleged cancer-causing properties.