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Shine Lawyers and the union representing Australia’s fast food workers are investigating a possible class action against McDonald’s for allegedly failing to provide employees with rest breaks.
Liberal member has no standing to bring anti-curfew suit, court hears
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The health official behind Victoria’s now repealed curfew is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought against her challenging the directive on human rights grounds, claiming that the declarations sought would have “no foreseeable consequences” on the Liberal Party member who filed the case.
Payday lender Cigno pocketed $78M in fees for unlicenced lending, ASIC claims
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Payday lenders Cigno and BHF Solutions are facing enforcement action by the corporate regulator alleging they breached the credit laws by lending to hundreds of thousands of consumers with a licence and charging $78 million in fees.
Judge says video would be ‘inappropriate’ in Westpac class action opt out notice
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A judge has scrapped a proposed video link sought by Slater and Gordon to be included in an opt out notice to group members in a class action over alleged junk insurance sold by Westpac, saying the video had the “flavour” of promoting the proceeding.
Law firm in fee dispute with Barfly’s loses urgent bid for $745,000
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A law firm that negotiated a $2.4 million settlement for Melbourne’s Barfly’s in a negligence suit against the Bourke Street cafe’s former solicitors is now in litigation itself against Barflys over unpaid fees, but a bid by the firm for the cafe to hand over $745,000 to the court in trust has fallen flat.
Appeals court quashes guilty verdicts against former Leighton CFO Peter Gregg
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Former Leighton Holdings chief financial officer Peter Gregg has won his appeal of convictions last year over an alleged sham contract with a steel supplier, with an appeals court on Wednesday saying there had been a “substantial miscarriage of justice”.
Murray Goulburn class action judge considered revisiting case in light of Banksia scandal
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The judge overseeing a settled class action against Murray Goulburn, which earned millions of dollars for the same legal team accused of serious misconduct in the running of the Banksia class action, invited the parties last month to reopen the case, concerned he had been misled when approving the lawyers’ costs.
Full Court trashes ACCC appeal over Woolworths ‘eco’ picnic products
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost its appeal of a ruling that found Woolworths’ environmental claims for its ‘Select Eco’ line of compostable plates, bowls and cutlery were accurate, not false and misleading.
Google fires back at ACCC data collection suit, says it sought ‘explicit consent in plain terms’
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Google has rejected claims by the ACCC that it tricked consumers into agreeing to expanded collection of their personal data, saying that it instead sought “explicit consent” from users through an “easy-to-understand opt-in consent mechanism”.
‘From bad to worse’: Lawsuit accuses Aldi of refusing to pay for pre-work duties
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A union representing retail employees has taken discount supermarket chain Aldi to court for allegedly refusing to pay employees at one of its distribution centres for pre-shift work, saying Aldi had gone “from bad to worse” after also denying workers a pay rise.