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US car giant Ford has partially succeeded in its challenge to a judgment that found it owed more than $6,800 to the lead applicant in a class action over defective PowerShift transmissions, but the High Court may ultimately decide how damages should be calculated under the Australian Consumer Law for reduction in value.
A judge overseeing a class action against Optus has said there is scope for the teleco to seek redactions of portions of a Deloitte report, which he ruled last Friday failed the test for protection under legal professional privilege.
A $29.95 million settlement resolving a superannuation class action against two Westpac units has won court approval. The judge overseeing the case has also indicated he will OK the litigation funder's commission but only some of its after-the-event insurance premium.
A judge has upheld a ruling that rejected a bid by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers for insurance and financial information, finding the court likely does not have the power to order the production of documents that are not relevant to the proceeding.
A judge has granted a bid for a new mediator in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding, agreeing with the applicant that a "fresh start" may be beneficial.
A leading class action firm may seek compensation for those who were illegally detained after the High Court ruled that Australia's system of holding individuals indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful.
Optus has lost its fight to keep a class action from accessing an independent report by consulting giant Deloitte into last year's major data breach.
The litigation funder that backed a class action brought on behalf of Indigenous workers seeking to recover unpaid wages wants a 20 per cent commission from the settlement. But it faces pushback from the government of Western Australia, which has agreed to pay group members up to $165 million.
An investigation is underway against US medical device maker Exactech on behalf of patients who allegedly received faulty hip, knee or ankle implants.
Fleet management company FleetPartners has been stung with a shareholder class action over a revised 2019 earnings guidance that doomed its planned merger with McMillan Shakespeare.