A judge has said an 11-day trial in ASIC’s case against Solve My Debt Now will go ahead in December despite a third set of solicitors ceasing to act and no sign that the debt management firm will put on evidence.
The owner of Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen brands faces court action by the consumer regulator for alleged greenwashing.
The corporate regulator has taken a provider of small loans to court after it allegedly monitored and removed funds from consumers’ bank accounts without their knowledge.
Maurice Blackburn’s costs in running a ‘junk’ insurance class action which settled for $34 million will not be fully covered under a 25 per cent group costs order, a court has heard.
A law firm fighting for carriage of class actions against Hyundai and Kia has argued competing proceedings with a lower funding rate should not have a leg up, saying the rival firm’s budget was a “fantasy”.
One of two law firms running competing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts has bowed out, leaving its rival to pursue the cases for consumers.
CSR has been hit with a competition case alleging it abused its dominance by increasing prices of its insulation products during the pandemic.
Private health insurer Bupa has admitted to misleading thousands of customers about their private health insurance benefits and has agreed to cop a $35 million penalty in a case by the consumer watchdog.
Another failed class action is headed to the Full Court, with a case against ex-CBA unit Count Financial appealing a ruling that found advisors did not breach their duty to act in their clients’ best interest.
The ACT government is pushing for an initial trial dealing with “gateway questions” in a class action over alleged forced relocations of public housing tenants, after it lost a bid to summarily dismiss the case.