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EY settlement in class action over Slater & Gordon audits approved
Securities 2022-08-05 2:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has blessed Ernst & Young’s settlement with shareholders in a class action alleging the firm, along with Pitcher Partners, approved an overly rosy year-end financial report related to Slater & Gordon’s disastrous $1.2 billion acquisition of UK business Quindell.

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Indonesian farmers fight PTTEP’s bid to shut out 15,000 damages claims in class action
Class Actions 2022-08-05 12:20 am By Cindy Cameronne

Oil exploration company PTTEP has argued 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers who brought a class action alleging their crops were damaged after an oil spill in the Timor Sea will need to individually persuade the court to allow their claims out of time.

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Judge accepts Linchpin directors’ penalty privilege claims in class action
Class Actions 2022-08-04 2:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed four ex-Linchpin directors facing possible fines by ASIC to put off filing evidence or amended defences in an investor class action after they claimed it would put them at risk of penalty in the corporate regulator’s proceedings.

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Citing ‘leisurewear effect’, judge says Brambles class action witness should testify in person
Class Actions 2022-08-03 1:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a bid by chain logistics company Brambles to allow two of its US-based witnesses to appear remotely at an upcoming trial in a shareholder class action, saying the executives should make the trip or give no evidence.

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IAG hit with shareholder class action over COVID-19 risk disclosures
Class Actions 2022-08-01 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance Australia Group faces a class action by shareholders over its disclosures connected to the impact of COVID-19 claims by policyholders.

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Slater & Gordon wins beauty parade, group costs order in Beach Energy class action
Class Actions 2022-08-01 2:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Slater & Gordon has defeated Shine Lawyers in a contest to run a shareholder class action against Beach Energy, with a judge finding Shine’s tiered contingency fee arrangement was “mere window dressing”.

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Zurich won’t OK NZ apartments class action as it mulls High Court appeal
Class Actions 2022-07-29 1:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has refused consent for a class action over a defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court as it mulls a High Court challenge to the case.

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UGL drops challenge after unions agree not to fund class action
Employment 2022-07-27 2:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the wake of a landmark judgment that held class actions are not managed investment schemes, engineering giant UGL has given up its case against two unions that sought to block them from funding an underpayments class action.

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BSA’s $20M class action settlement wins court approval
Class Actions 2022-07-26 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action accusing telco contractor BSA Limited of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.

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Suncorp to pay $33M in super class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-07-25 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.

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