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A class action has been filed against the State of Queensland on behalf of First Nations people alleging inadequate healthcare and substandard medical treatment.
A class action has been launched to quash a settlement in an earlier class action on behalf of child abuse victims who attended NSW's Fairbridge Farm School.
A class action investigation is underway into alleged links between the herbicide paraquat and Parkinson’s disease.
A court will be asked to approve a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of people who purchased off-the-plan homes in the Clydesdale Estate in north-west Sydney that includes a gag clause barring group members from making any public statements about the suit.
A judge hearing Maurice Blackburn's application for a 30 per cent group costs order in a consumer class action against JB Hi-Fi has opined that an all-in group costs order was a better deal for group matters than the return in a typical funded case.
A judge has refused a bid for more money to distribute a $5 million settlement in a class action against Tyro and has barred the scheme administrator from resigning without the court's leave, after he threatened to quit.
Western Power, Ventia, and a property owner found jointly liable for loss arising from the Parkerville bushfire are equally liable to each other for any costs orders in favour of the plaintiffs in the case, after a judge found he could not disturb existing costs orders in a new proceeding.
Two soon-to-be consolidated class actions against Harvey Norman are fighting the retailer’s bid to appoint a costs referee, saying this was unnecessary given their plan to secure a group costs order.
A court has approved a $64 million settlement in a consumer class action against the NAB units MLC Trustees and NULIS Nominees, with 69 per cent of the settlement sum to go to group members.
A class action against CMC Markets has won access to data thought to reveal that approximately 2,500 customers who failed screening tests for risky financial products were nevertheless permitted to trade.