Despite pleading guilty, CBA dodges criminal case over consumer credit insurance

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A precedential ruling on the statute of limitations in a separate case has forced the dismissal of criminal charges against the Commonwealth Bank — after the bank pleaded guilty.

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‘Predatory and flagrant’: Debt collector A&M Group to pay $800,000 in ASIC case

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A judge has ordered debt collection agency A&M Group to pay $800,000 after it allegedly harassed and coerced debtors by repeatedly contacting family, friends and employers and claiming they could face imprisonment.

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Class action by NSW local councils against insurer JLT dismissed by court

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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 of millions of dollars in excessive premiums over nine years.

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Shine stuck running Blue Sky, EY class action with rival firm

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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 against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.

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Group members guaranteed 72.5% cut in Crown Resorts class action

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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 returns in a shareholder class action accusing Crown Resorts of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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Discrimination class action filed against NT public housing body

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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 remote Aboriginal communities.

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Westpac settles superannuation class action for $30M

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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 customers excessive superannuation fees between 2007 and 2019.

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Sunwater insurer doesn’t owe coverage for $440M Queensland floods class action

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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 of a $440 million settlement in the Queensland floods class action.

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