A judge overseeing a consolidated shareholder class action against logistics company Brambles has expressed frustration with the parties, who are locked in an unresolved discovery battle three months after his order consolidating the litigation.
A judge has rejected a proposed common fund order in the settled KPMG class action, saying the funder’s commission was “arguably excessive” and could result in a “stratospheric” return to the firm.
A six-week trial set to start in October in the cartel case against mobility equipment provider Country Care Group has been vacated and rescheduled to next year, as the judge overseeing the case quipped that he was either the “canary or the guinea pig” in the landmark criminal proceeding.
Customers of mortgage lending and investment firm RMBL say they were “shocked” when the company’s chief financial officer allegedly called them to say “he hoped” they would opt out of an excessive fees class action that had been filed against the firm.
Construction group Icon Co has dragged insurers Liberty Mutual Insurance and QBE Underwriting to court for allegedly refusing to provide coverage after the Opal Tower disaster in December last year, which led to thousands of residents being evacuated.
The Federal Government will introduce legislation Thursday that would ban the grandfathering of conflicted remuneration for financial advisors, after the banking royal commission suggested scrapping the practice.
The National Rugby League has revealed major sponsor Telstra demanded “tough action” after the so-called “Summer of Hell” of player scandals, as it attempts to defend its no fault stand-down rule in an appeal launched by Dragons player Jack de Belin challenging his suspension.
A class action has been filed against a NSW state government-controlled entity over Sydney’s scandal-plagued Opal Tower, in a claim that is expected to seek millions of dollars of compensation on behalf of hundreds of apartment owners.
Ex-Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell, facing enforcement action by ASIC alleging he breached his duties in awarding Australian Open broadcast rights to the Seven Network, has asked a court for all evidence the regulator obtained from former board member Graeme Holloway, who died in February.
A judge has given the all-clear to an investment management company to access evidence for potential legal action against the National Stock Exchange of Australia after the firm’s shares were suspended without warning or explanation.
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