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AVZ Minerals may face class action over lithium project disclosures
Securities 2022-12-20 9:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lithium prospecting  company AVZ Minerals is facing a potential class action for allegedly misleading shareholders about its ownership rights to its flagship lithium project in […]

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Class action by NSW local councils against insurer JLT dismissed by court
Insurance 2022-12-19 4:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has thrown out a long-running class action on behalf of 20 local councils in NSW alleging insurer JLT Risk Solutions charged them hundreds […]

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Shine stuck running Blue Sky, EY class action with rival firm
Securities 2022-12-19 5:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm has lost its bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with a competing firm in an investor class action […]

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Group members guaranteed 72.5% cut in Crown Resorts class action
Class Actions 2022-12-19 12:04 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a group costs order with a tiered contingency fee that will guarantee group members at least 72.5 per cent of any […]

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Discrimination class action filed against NT public housing body
Class Actions 2022-12-19 2:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The Northern Territory public housing authority has been hit with a class action alleging it failed to maintain public housing to a habitable standard in […]

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Westpac settles superannuation class action for $30M
Class Actions 2022-12-16 12:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac has agreed to pay $29.95 million to settle a class action alleging subsidiaries BT Funds Management Limited and Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited charged […]

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Sunwater insurer doesn’t owe coverage for $440M Queensland floods class action
Insurance 2022-12-16 9:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Queensland government-owned water services provider Sunwater has lost a bid to overturn a judgment letting insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance off the hook for its share […]

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Class action head leaves Shine Lawyers to launch new firm
Business of Law 2022-12-15 4:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Competition among class action law firms is expected to heat up next year as veteran lawyer Jan Saddler departs Shine Lawyers to start her own […]

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Law firm bows out of contest to run class actions against Apple, Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-15 5:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm has dropped plans to bring a second set of class actions alleging Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their […]

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Like CFOs of yore, class action beauty parades push down law firms’ GCO profits
Analysis 2022-12-13 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A recent ruling cutting the contingency fee sought by a plaintiff law firm shows competition to run class actions will drive down the percentage payout […]

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