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AAI class action trial delayed as firm waits for $1.7M bank guarantee
Insurance 2025-02-13 2:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.

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NAB super fund trustee says failed class action rejected $25M offer
Financial Services 2025-02-12 2:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former NAB superannuation fund trustee NULIS is seeking the first ever award of indemnity costs in a class action that flopped following the rejection of a settlement offer.

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ASIC can bring case against Rex Airlines, directors
Securities 2025-01-06 7:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

ASIC has won approval to bring claims against troubled regional airline Rex and four of its directors for allegedly misleading investors about the company’s financial position.

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IC Markets CEO hit with guillotine orders for filing defence
Class Actions 2024-12-19 3:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has set a final deadline for the CEO of International Capital Markets to file his defence in a class action over risky contracts for difference.

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NAB super trustee free to use $165M fees ‘as it saw fit’, class action judge says
Class Actions 2024-12-03 4:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the latest class action loss, a judge has said that $165 million in fees charged to members by NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees was corporate revenue “with which it was free to deal as it saw fit”.

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Class action against NAB super fund trustee fails
Class Actions 2024-12-02 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action against NAB unit NULIS Nominees over adviser fees charged to superannuation fund members should be dismissed, a judge has found.

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Renegotiated Merivale class action settlement OKd, solicitors’ share cut
Employment 2024-11-29 11:02 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has approved a $19.25 million settlement renegotiated by Adero Law in proceedings against hospitality giant Merivale, but has cut more than $400,000 from the firm’s share.

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Class action firm breaches costs disclosure rules again, fights penalty
Class Actions 2024-11-25 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

The law firm running a class action against hospitality giant Merivale wants a court to waive a penalty for its failure — once again — to properly disclose its fees.

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Class action dropped against Westpac unit, applicant to get $1.5M costs
Class Actions 2024-11-20 2:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved the discontinuance of a class action against a Westpac subsidiary after the funder bowed out. 

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ASIC wins case over life insurer’s misleading ‘pre-existing condition’ term
Insurance 2024-10-29 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has won its case against insurer HCF Life over a pre-existing condition term that was likely to mislead the public, but failed to convince the court that it was an unfair contract term. 

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