RAMS franchisees have called out the Westpac unit for “old school litigation,” as they seek information about alleged anomalies in home loan applications that led to the nixing of their franchise agreements.
A competition class action against Stanwell and CS Energy has been tossed, with a judge finding the power companies’ conduct was legitimate “profit maximisation behaviour”.
A judge has made a class closure order in a shareholder case against software company Nuix and underwriter Macquarie Capital, but rejected a bid to keep the order in operation until trial.
In the latest class action loss, a judge has said that $165 million in fees charged to members by NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees was corporate revenue “with which it was free to deal as it saw fit”.
Toyota has denied a class action’s claims that devices installed in its vehicles were intended to cheat emissions tests, maintaining that they were designed to protect engines from damage.
A class action against NAB unit NULIS Nominees over adviser fees charged to superannuation fund members should be dismissed, a judge has found.
The judge overseeing class actions against Uber has approved a $271.8 million settlement, which includes an $82 million deduction for the funder and $39 million for the firm that ran the cases.
A class action against Fogo Brazilia and its law firm will be shut down if the lead franchisee fails to find $2.9 million in security for the restaurant chain’s costs.
A court has approved a $19.25 million settlement renegotiated by Adero Law in proceedings against hospitality giant Merivale, but has cut more than $400,000 from the firm’s share.
A judge presiding over a class action against Fletcher Building has clarified his relationship with the director of a litigation funder which is the basis of a recusal bid.