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Suncorp admits to underpaying workers by $32M
Employment 2023-06-09 3:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Insurers Suncorp and AAMI have back-paid $32 million to thousands of employees who were underpaid over a period of almost eight years. The insurers will also make a $520,000 contrition payment to the Commonwealth as part of an enforceable undertaking entered into with the Fair Work Ombudsman. Suncorp underpaid over 15,800 employees between May 2014…

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‘It’s a disaster’: Judge questions $11M settlement in Aveo class action
Class Actions 2023-06-08 12:04 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned an $11 million settlement in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, resolving to appoint a contradictor and a costs referee amid a dispute between the plaintiff law firm and its litigation funder, which the court heard has “grave concerns” about the costs incurred in the case.

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Cruise class action wins $23M settlement from Scenic Tours the hard way
Class Actions 2023-06-08 1:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Cruise operator Scenic Tours has agreed to settle a long-running class action with travellers who were promised a “once in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europe” but were instead forced to take the bus, after almost ten years of litigation that went all the way to the High Court.

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Ex-HopgoodGanim client who was afraid to question invoices runs out of time
Business of Law 2023-06-08 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A former client of HopgoodGanim has lost an out-of-time bid to challenge 31 invoices, after a judge found her fear of starting a fight with the law firm while it still represented her was “not well founded”.

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Destination High Court as law firm lodges fourth Downer EDI class action
Class Actions 2023-06-07 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Multiple class actions against Downer EDI over accounting irregularities might be bound for the High Court as complex legal questions swirl, a judge said on Wednesday.

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Hyundai, Kia can’t inspect vehicles at centre of class actions
Class Actions 2023-06-07 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing class actions against car makers Hyundai and Kia over alleged engine defects has dismissed the carmakers’ bid to inspect the lead applicants’ vehicles before defences are filed in the proceedings.

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ASIC, NAB clash over $10M penalty exposes ‘vague status’ of concise claims, judge says
Financial Services 2023-06-06 3:53 pm By Sam Matthews

NAB has told a court it should pay a $2 million penalty — not the $10 million proposed by ASIC  — for engaging in unconscionable conduct by overcharging customers, saying the exact words used in the regulator’s concise statement accuse it only of a single contravention.

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Law firm served with class action over employee’s fraud
Class Actions 2023-06-06 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A law firm in regional New South Wales has been hit with a class action seeking to hold it liable for the alleged fraud of a former employee who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for fraud offences in 2021.

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Insignia broke promise to hire PwC to review model portfolio: trial
Trials 2023-06-05 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Despite assurances, wealth manager Insignia Financial did not engage PricewaterhouseCoopers to review the performance of its ‘Buy Model” investment portfolio after an equities analyst complained it had been overstated, a court overseeing a shareholder class action trial has been told.

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Parents of fraudster Melissa Caddick paid $1M to vacate Edgecliff property
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-06-05 11:14 pm By Sam Matthews

The parents of deceased fraudster Melissa Caddick will take $950,000 to move out of a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, which will now be sold by receivers.

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