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Qantas engineers appeal COVID-19 stand down win for airline
Aircraft engineers for Qantas are challenging a ruling that the airline had no "genuine choice" when it stood them down in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge won’t hold separate hearing on survival of claim against late Banksia cost consultant
A judge overseeing the misconduct trial in the Banksia Securities class action has rejected a bid by a lawyer for the deceased cost consultant in the case to separately determine whether a cause of action survives his death.
Elaine Stead wants court to force AFR columnist to produce confidential source docs
Venture capitalist Elaine Stead wants Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Aston to hand over documents connected to confidential sources, and says Aston can't rely on a journalist's privilege protecting the identity of informants.
Trivago loses appeal of ruling it misled consumers over hotel listings
Hotel booking aggregator Trivago has lost its challenge to a court ruling that it misled consumers over its ranking of travel accommodation, in what the consumer regulator hailed as a win for consumers and a warning to comparison sites.
Lawyer Alex Elliott ‘didn’t know any better’, Banksia class action trial hears
The son of Banksia class action funder Mark Elliott, who has been accused of complicity in a fraudulent scheme to maximise the profits of the lawyers in the case, was young and inexperienced and didn't know his father's conduct was wrong, his barrister has told a court.
Common fund order issue can’t be decided in ‘evidentiary vacuum’, NSW appeals court says
The NSW Court of Appeal has passed on the question of whether a judge can make a common fund order when a class action settles to ensure a certain return to litigation funders, but the issue is not going away, whatever the Federal Court's decision in a parallel case.
Banksia funder Mark Elliott’s ‘practice’ of deleting emails doesn’t gel, court told
A routine practice by the funder behind the scandal-ridden Banksia class action of deleting emails, documented in a letter by his solicitors just days before his death, isn't consistent with the electronic record maintained in another class action in which he was involved, a court overseeing a trial in the case has heard.
Westpac settles US class actions over BBSW trading, money laundering disclosures
Westpac has reached settlements in two separate US class actions over the bank's trading activity in the bank bill swap rate market and disclosures in relation to its compliance with Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
Claims of loss questioned in MySuper class action against NAB units
A judge has raised doubts about claims of loss and damage in a class action by members of superannuation funds operated by NAB units MLC and NULIS over alleged MySuper mismanagement, as he determines a challenge to whether the case was validly brought as a class action.
$1.9M settlement is best it’s going to get, says law firm behind Appco class action
Facing an uphill battle to win approval for a $1.9 million settlement in a sham contracting class action against fundraiser Appco Group, a lawyer for the case has told a court there is no money left to pursue.