Mineral Resources and founder Chris Ellison have avoided a shareholder class action’s bid for early discovery of documents — including those produced to ASIC and the ATO — after Ellison argued it should wait until “numerous admissions” are made. The Phi Finney McDonald class action, filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria on 31 March,…
A judge has expressed doubt about the need for expert evidence in class actions against McDonald’s and KFC over their alleged failure to give workers rest breaks, saying “I imagine if you’re a worker, you’d like a rest”.
A law firm has launched a class action investigation into the standard of care at child care centres across the country, following reports of widespread failures to meet legal standards in the increasingly privatised industry.
An appeals court has dismissed a law firm’s challenge to a ruling that cut $1.14 million of its fees from a settled class action against retirement home operator Aveo, noting the “inordinate delay” in preparing key evidence. The class action, launched in September 2017 on behalf of residents at Aveo’s retirement villages, settled for $11…
A class action against KPMG and former Arrium directors wants to wait for the High Court’s pending ruling on common fund orders before pulling the trigger on a group costs order, a request that earned a judge’s grilling for what she described as a hunt for greener grass.
A judge has sent to the Full Federal Court Medibank’s fight to shield Deloitte reports into a data breach, raising concerns about how evidence from a solicitor and the health insurer’s inhouse lawyer was previously treated.
Medical device maker Exactech will pay $8.7 million to end a class action that alleges its joint replacement implants were defective.
A judge has dismissed a class action applicant’s claim that he was underpaid as a University of Sydney postgraduate student, but left for another day the question of whether the court should also make orders binding group members.
A magistrate has cleared a Tasmanian jumping castle operator of criminal wrongdoing for her alleged role in a tragedy that killed six children in 2021, but a related class action against her and the state government will continue.
After nearly a decade of litigation — including a High Court appeal — a court has signed off on a $3.79 million settlement in a class action against Redland City Council over alleged unlawful levies.