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Monash IVF faces potential class action over ‘ineffective’ genetic tests
Class Actions 2021-05-04 5:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Costly add-on therapies sold by Monash IVF to thousands of women undergoing IVF — including pre-implantation genetic testing — are the targets of a new […]

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Judge mulling $38.4M Estia settlement hears class closure rulings ‘plainly wrong’
Class Actions 2021-05-04 2:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge weighing a $38.4 million settlement in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health has been told that two NSW Court […]

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Judge rejects 7-Eleven’s ‘risky’ bid for pre-trial ruling on objections to evidence
Class Actions 2021-05-03 9:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has shot down what he called a “risky” but novel proposal by 7-Eleven for a pre-trial ruling on sample objections to the relevance […]

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WA denies breach of duty in stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2021-05-03 6:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Western Australian state government has hit back at a class action brought by Indigenous workers seeking to recover unpaid wages, saying there was no […]

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Court OKs $440M settlement in Queensland floods class action
Class Actions 2021-05-03 2:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $440 million settlement by the State of Queensland and dam operator Sunwater resolving a class action over the 2011 Queensland floods has been approved […]

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First overseas funder wins licence to back class actions in Australia
ASIC 2021-04-30 3:33 pm By Miklos Bolza

UK-based Woodsford Litigation Funding has become the first overseas funder authorised to finance Australian class actions under recent laws cracking down on the litigation funding […]

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Director can’t represent Oculus in Guvera investor class action
Class Actions 2021-04-30 2:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A director of Gold Coast accounting firm Oculus has lost his bid to represent the company in a class action by investors in failed music […]

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Law firm should rethink putting up own solicitor as expert in group costs order bid, judge says
Class Actions 2021-04-30 12:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge overseeing the first ever bid for a group costs order in a class action that will give the plaintiff’s law firm a percentage […]

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Class action accuses Hog’s Breath Café director of using franchisee funds to pay girlfriend
Franchises 2021-04-29 5:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

Restaurant chain Hog’s Breath Café is facing a class action for allegedly misappropriating franchisee funds meant for advertising, including by paying a director’s girlfriend as […]

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Group size trimmed in aged care class actions over COVID-19 outbreaks
COVID-19 2021-04-28 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Staff members who worked for two Melbourne aged care providers will be removed as group members in class actions accusing the homes of negligently handling […]

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