The Queensland law firm at the centre of a class action over legal fees wants the case thrown out as an abuse of process, after it was revealed that the lead plaintiff apparently sold her litigation rights to a litigation funder, whose sole director is married to the solicitor who filed the action.
The prudential regulator is standing by its decision to bring proceedings against IOOF for alleged breaches of superannuation duties, despite criticism that such a “highly litigious regulatory environment” is placing immense pressure on financial services executives.
National car repair franchise Ultra Tune is preparing negligence suits against its former lawyers and auditors, after the company on Friday won a $590,000 reduction in a $2.6 million penalty for breaches of the Franchising Code of Conduct.
APRAâs purely documentary case against troubled fund manager IOOF has been dismissed by the Federal Court as âunpersuasiveâ, âfundamentally inadequateâ and âtenuous in the extremeâ, in another major blow to financial services regulators pursuing action in the wake of the banking royal commission.
A national Australian law firm has asked the Federal Court to throw out a sex discrimination claim filed against it by a former partner, on the grounds that no excuse had been provided for her delay in making a complaint other than âa fairly sorry storyâ.
Holding Redlich national managing partner Ian Robertson has defended his reputation as a âgood lawyerâ while being cross-examined at ICAC over cover-up advice he strenuously denies giving to NSW Labor over the now infamous Aldi bag containing $100,000 in cash donations.
The judge overseeing multiple class actions against Volkswagen over its dieselgate emissions scandal has said he will âneed persuadingâ before reallocating the settlement approval to a different judge, because âthatâs something that happens in Victoriaâ.
Boutique class action firm Bannister Law has been told ânot to make too much noiseâ from its spot at âthe back of the busâ in the VW dieselgate class actions, after its legal team flagged its intention to try and expedite the $127.1 million settlement approval process.
After four years of litigation, the Volkswagen diesel emissions class actions have reached an in-principle settlement of up to $127.1 million, with affected consumers expected to receive $1,400 per vehicle on average if 100 per cent participation is achieved.
The judge overseeing a class action against The Cosmetic Institute over allegedly botched breast enhancement surgery has queried whether the plaintiffs were playing an âApril Foolâs jokeâ after they proposed a list of 120 common questions for determination.