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7 years after judgment, NZ apartment class action group members havenā€™t been paid, court told
Class Actions 2024-05-03 3:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead plaintiff in a four-year-old class action against Zurich Insurance over a defective New Zealand apartment block has said the case ā€œhas to get movingā€, telling the court that property owners have not received payment since a $50 million judgment was awarded overseas in 2017.

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Rival law firms will cooperate on Qantas class action after judge says both ‘at fault’
Class Actions 2023-12-18 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two law firms running competing class actions against Qantas over flight cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic have agreed to cooperate after a judge took them to task for revising their funding positions in the lead up to a courtroom battle.

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Three law firms team up in battle to run class action against Downer
Class Actions 2023-08-28 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

The field of competitors in a four-way contest to run a shareholder class action against Downer EDI over a $40 million profit overstatement has narrowed with the consolidation of three cases, leaving one firm to face criticism over its comparative inexperience running group proceedings.Ā 

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High Court greenlights NZ apartment block class action against Irish insurer
High Court 2023-08-08 11:36 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has dismissed a constitutional appeal by Irish insurer Zurich, clearing the way for a class action over an allegedly defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court.

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Zurich wonā€™t OK NZ apartments class action as it mulls High Court appeal
Class Actions 2022-07-29 1:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has refused consent for a class action over a defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court as it mulls a High Court challenge to the case.

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Zurich loses bid to shut down NZ apartments class action
Insurance 2022-07-21 1:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has lost its appeal seeking to shut down a class action filed against it in the NSW Supreme Court over a defective New Zealand apartment block.

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Zurich rails against ‘exorbitant exercise’ of power in NZ apartment class action
Class Actions 2022-07-06 7:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has appealed a judgeā€™s finding that a class action filed against it in the NSW Supreme Court over a defective New Zealand apartment block could go ahead, arguing the finding was the result of federal overreach.

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Class action against Zurich over faulty apartments gets go-ahead
Insurance 2021-12-13 5:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

A class action against Irish insurer Zurich Insurance Plc by unit owners of the defective New Zealand-based Victopia Apartments can proceed in Australia after the NSW Supreme Court ruled the case could not be filed elsewhere.

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AMP’s bid to declass insurance class action ‘antithesis’ of interests of justice, court rules
Class Actions 2021-11-26 2:36 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Financial services company AMP has lost its bid to de-class representative proceedings brought on behalf of 1.5 million insurance customers.

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QRx Pharma shareholders to get small slice of $7M class action settlement
Class Actions 2020-08-11 10:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former QRx Pharma director’s prediction that shareholders would not receive “anything of consequence” from a class action settlement has proven true, with only a small slice of the $7 million settlement expected to go to shareholders.

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