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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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Law firm drops ‘bombshell’, wants settlement in class action after running out of money
Employment 2022-12-13 4:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has described as “extraordinary” a law firm’s argument that the court should approve a $5.8 million settlement in an underpayments class action against […]

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Dixon Advisory insurers lose bid to limit disclosure of plan details in class action
Insurance 2022-12-13 10:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Two Dixon Advisory insurers have lost a bid to limit the details of insurance policies handed over to a class action purported to worth $463 […]

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Zoetis vaccine class action applicant can’t fight adverse costs after unsuccessful case
Class Actions 2022-12-13 4:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found the applicant in a dismissed class action against animal health giant Zoetis is liable for the company’s defence costs in the […]

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Court approves GCO in ‘junk’ insurance class action against Allianz
Class Actions 2022-12-13 1:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a group costs order in class action against Allianz over add-on car insurance that will give plaintiff law firms […]

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Banksia judge rejects recusal push by senior barrister’s wife
Class Actions 2022-12-12 4:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies associated with the wife of disgraced senior barrister Norman O’Bryan can’t get a new judge to hear their battle against a third-party costs summons […]

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