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Judge has change of heart, will hold settlement hearing in Romeo’s class actions
Class Actions 2022-02-10 10:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge has reconsidered her plan to dispense with a hearing to weigh a $1.55 million settlement of two class actions that allege […]

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Top judge warns against making a villain of class actions
Class Actions 2022-02-09 10:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

As parliament weighs the latest Morrison government crackdown on class actions, the Federal Court’s chief judge has warned of “an ever present danger” of maligning […]

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Class action members guaranteed more than 70% in first case giving lawyers slice of the pie
Class Actions 2022-02-08 2:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The first order allowing plaintiffs lawyers to take a cut of the proceeds of a class action will guarantee group members in a case against […]

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Citing ‘leisure wear effect’, MySuper class action seeks in-person hearing
Class Actions 2022-02-08 3:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The parties in a class action accusing a Commonwealth Bank of Australia unit of breaching its superannuation trustee duties want the matter to be heard […]

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IOOF class action to get ASIC files on abandoned insider trading probe
ASIC 2022-02-08 4:00 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate watchdog has been subpoenaed for its investigation files in the latest development in a protracted discovery fight in a shareholder class action over […]

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In latest setback for shareholder class actions, judge finds Iluka did not breach disclosure rules
Class Actions 2022-02-07 11:21 am By Christine Caulfield

Investors have lost their class action against Perth-based Iluka Resources, the latest shareholder class action to fail after pushing through to trial. Dismissing the case […]

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Class action against Hog’s Breath Cafe can’t dodge $1.2M security
Class Actions 2022-02-07 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Franchisees of the Hog’s Breath Cafe restaurant chain must pay $1.23 million in security for legal costs in their class action against the franchisor, and […]

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Banksia class action lawyer loses practicing certificate in ‘bombshell’ move by watchdog
Class Actions 2022-02-04 12:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

The solicitor who was found to have acted as a “postbox” to conceal conflicts of interest in the Banksia class action has lost his practicing […]

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Arrium shareholders in class action can’t access full KPMG audit file
Class Actions 2022-02-04 1:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Shareholders in a class action against failed steel giant Arrium and KPMG have lost their bid for KPMG’s complete audit file for Arrium to probe […]

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RMS Engineering settles workers’ class action over meal breaks
Class Actions 2022-02-04 3:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Queensland-based RMS Engineering and Construction has settled a class action alleging it refused to give staff meal breaks and threatened those who complained about excessive […]

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