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Romeo’s hit with underpayments class action
Employment 2020-07-28 2:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Supermarket chain Romeo’s has become the latest retailer to face a class action alleging it failed to pay staff for all hours worked. Adero Law […]

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Westpac’s anti-money laundering woes worsen
Financial Services 2020-07-28 1:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac anti-money laundering compliance troubles continue to worsen, with the bank reporting an additional 365,000 incomplete or inaccurate threshold transaction reports to AUSTRAC. The bank […]

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Treasurer met with affiliate of US lobby group on eve of new class action regulations, inquiry told
Class Actions 2020-07-27 8:35 pm By Alison Eveleigh

There is an ā€œembarrassingā€ foreign influence on Australian laws, a plaintiff law firm has told a parliamentary inquiry into class actions, after revealing that Treasurer […]

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‘Most painful relationship Iā€™ve ever had’: Law firm describes falling out with funder in BOQ class action
Class Actions 2020-07-27 5:54 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The law firm that represented elderly victims of Ponzi schemer Bradley Sherwin has told the government’s class action inquiry of its ā€œpainfulā€ relationship with the […]

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Banksia class action funder admits court was misled on fees, says commission shouldn’t suffer
Class Actions 2020-07-27 5:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder behind the class action over Banksia Securities’ collapse has admitted it misled a costs consultant retained to report to the court on […]

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‘Regulatory vacuum’ means no funded class actions for a year, inquiry told
Class Actions 2020-07-24 10:27 pm By Alison Eveleigh

An Australian litigation funder has warned a parliamentary inquiry into class actions that there is unlikely to be any funded class actions filed for up […]

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AMP’s life insurance arm hit with class action over ‘inflated’ insurance policies
Class Actions 2020-07-24 9:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP Life has been hit with a class action alleging its financial representatives pushed inflated insurance policies onto 100,000 customers while knowing that better policies […]

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Ruby Princess passengers file class action over coronavirus outbreak
Class Actions 2020-07-24 10:37 am By Christine Caulfield

Shine Lawyers has brought a class action in the Federal Court against cruise operators Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines over their handling of a deadly […]

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Law firm doesn’t have to hand over client files for potential class action
Class Actions 2020-07-23 9:21 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A national law firm has dodged an application for access to the files of its current and former clients brought by lawyers investigating a possible […]

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Government has shelled out $1.1B in class actions
Expert Insights 2020-07-23 3:25 pm By

Overview The recent settlement, for a total of over $212.5 million, of the three federal class actions brought on behalf of the victims of toxic […]

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