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ANZ to cop penalty in ASIC case over cash advance fees
Financial Services 2023-05-18 4:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

ANZ will no longer contest liability at trial in a case by the regulator over more than $10 million in cash advance fees charged to the credit card accounts of hundreds of thousands of customers.

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‘Silly case’ between class action applicant, funder settles
Class Actions 2023-05-16 4:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A clash between a class action applicant and a litigation funder over $1.2 million in claimed expenses has settled, after a judge ordered the sides to personally attend mediation.

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With no funder, Colonial class action members better off by up to $12M, court finds
Class Actions 2023-05-16 4:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Customers of wealth manager Colonial First State were $10 million to $12 million better off without a litigation funder in a class action over the slow transfer of accounts to low cost MySuper funds, a judge has found.

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Are the courts really plagued by duplicative class actions?
Analysis 2023-05-15 12:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

A fed-up judge has vented his frustration with the problem of competing class actions in a move that appears to punish the second filed case against Medibank. But is he right that the courts are increasingly being asked to deal with duplicative proceedings? And was his order really all that drastic?

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More law firms ready class actions over Downer’s $40M earnings overstatement
Class Actions 2023-05-15 3:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

More class action law firms have pounced on Downer EDI’s “accounting irregularities” that led to the company overstating profits by up to $40 million.

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Second investor class action against IG Markets looms
Financial Services 2023-05-12 4:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

IG Markets could be hit with a second class action by investors seeking to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly lost in trading in over-the-counter derivative products known as contracts for difference.

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OAIC to investigate group proceeding against Medibank
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-05-12 9:45 am By Christine Caulfield

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will proceed with an investigation of a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over Medibank’s data breach.

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Veolia wins discovery for potential case against EnergyAustralia
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-11 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Water services company Veolia Water Australia has won its bid for EnergyAustralia and two mining companies to hand over information about the quality of mine water they send for treatment, with a judge finding it could be “materially worse” than promised.  In a judgment handed down on Wednesday, Federal Court Justice Scott Goodman ordered EnergyAustralia…

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Art school resolves former dean’s dismissal-by-Instagram case
Employment 2023-05-11 4:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former dean of a Melbourne art school has resolved her case alleging she was unfairly sacked via Instagram direct message while on annual leave.

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Class action filed against Carnival over P&O ‘cruise from hell’
Class Actions 2023-05-10 1:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

Cruise operator Carnival is facing a third class action in Australia, this time on behalf of passengers aboard P&O’s Pacific Aria, which sailed from Brisbane into the path of a Category 5 cyclone six years ago.

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