Law firm drops ‘bombshell’, wants settlement in class action after running out of money

Employment 2022-12-13 4:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

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 the On The Run convenience store chain partly because it ran out of funds to take the case to trial.