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Funder supports law banning common fund orders
Class Actions 2020-05-18 5:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

Australian litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has thrown its support behind a legislative ban on common fund orders in class action proceedings as well as a […]

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Court suppresses details of Grosvenor, Vannin co-funding agreement
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-05-18 4:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has granted a request from Grosvenor Litigation Services, the funder that backed two class actions against Volkswagen over its emissions cheating scandal, to […]

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Coles faces underpayment class action by supermarket managers
Class Actions 2020-05-15 9:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Supermarket giant Coles has been hit with a class action after revealing in February that it owes staff in its supermarket and liquor businesses at […]

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Common fund orders made in increasing class action market
Expert Insights 2020-05-15 9:21 pm By Editor

On 6 May 2020, Justice Murphy of the Federal Court of Australia made a common fund order in favour of a litigation funder on settlement […]

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J&J won’t ask judge to recuse himself from pelvic mesh appeal
Appeals 2020-05-15 6:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

Medical device giant Johnson & Johnson has confirmed it will not seek the recusal of a Federal Court judge from a panel overseeing its pelvic […]

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Essential Energy fights to block discovery for potential Tathra bushfire class action
Appeals 2020-05-15 4:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

Power distributor Essential Energy has appealed a judgment granting preliminary discovery to landowners to pursue a potential class action over the 2018 Tathra bushfire. The […]

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On The Run hit with underpayments class action
Class Actions 2020-05-14 9:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Petrol station convenience store chain On The Run has been hit with a class action alleging it owes lost wages to more than 8,000 current […]

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Disgruntled students hit Box Hill Institute with class action over aviation course
Class Actions 2020-05-14 6:11 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Vocational education provider Box Hill Institute is facing a class action brought by disgruntled students who allege the licences they obtained through the institute did […]

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In a first, judge says High Court dealt CFOs a total knockout
Class Actions 2020-05-14 6:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has found that the High Court’s landmark ruling last year blocking common fund orders in the early stages of a class action also […]

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Settlement in Ralan class actions to be kept under wraps amid threat of more lawsuits
Class Actions 2020-05-14 6:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

The settlement sum in three class actions against law firms that allegedly gave negligent advice about property investments in the now-defunct Ralan Group has been […]

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