Two months after rejecting the deal because the litigation funder’s cut appeared excessive, a judge has approved a $42 million class action settlement with Murray […]
The High Court’s ruling Wednesday that judges have no power to issue a common fund order in the initial phases of a class action does […]
A judge has given the green light to a $1.5 million settlement in a long-running class action against ANZ alleging it slapped customers with illegal […]
There is a “reasonable chance” that two shareholder class actions against failed electronics retailer Dick Smith will settle by February of next year, group members […]
The construction company behind Sydney’s Opal Tower has filed a cross claim seeking $30 million from structural architect WSP Structures over its allegedly faulty building […]
Two key witnesses from JPMorgan have been grilled by lawyers for three major investments banks named in a high-stakes criminal cartel case as the banks […]
The end of the common fund order is a setback for class actions that will see a revival of the days of closed proceedings, costly […]
Billionaire and former politician Clive Palmer knew he needed a licence to use Twisted Sister’s hit song ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ but went ahead […]
More than a decade after the High Court ruled that third parties could finance legal proceedings in Australia, the court has issued another game changing […]
Judges have no power to order all class action members to pay a proportion of a litigation funder’s commission out of their share of a […]