Two former Honda dealers have won a bid for preliminary discovery against Honda Australia to pursue a potential consumer lawsuit over the car maker’s decision earlier this year to abandon a dealership model in Australia.
A judge has questioned why a class action against Aveo Group has âstalledâ after tossing the retirement home providerâs bid to determine group membersâ loss in a preliminary hearing, saying the questions in the case could not be âneatly separatedâ.
Retirement home provider Aveo Group, which is facing a class action by residents, wants a court to determine group members’ loss in a preliminary hearing, but a judge has questioned whether he is barred from deciding the “hypothetical” question.
Westpac will recoup the majority of proceeds from the $29.6 million sale of collapsed fintech Sargon Group, with a judge calling the company’s liquidators “anxious sellers” who sold at speed and well below market value.