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‘Not a suitable vehicle’: Judge rejects bid to knock out Aldi class action
Class Actions 2024-02-09 9:17 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed Aldiā€™s bid to have a class action alleging it underpaid Australian workers to the tune of $150 million summarily dismissed, saying the application was ā€œnot a suitable vehicleā€ to determine factual issues including whether a $17 million remediation nullifies the class actionā€™s claims.Ā 

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Aldi wants quick win in $150M underpayments class action
Employment 2024-01-16 5:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Aldi is seeking to have a class action alleging it systematically underpaid workers across Australia to the tune of $150 million summarily dismissed, after claiming it was served with a ā€œbad pleadingā€.Ā 

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Aldi slams ‘bad pleading’ in $150M underpayments class action
Class Actions 2023-12-08 3:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has criticised a class action alleging it systematically underpaid workers across Australia to the tune of $150 million, claiming it has been served with a ā€œbad pleadingā€.Ā 

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Full Court throws out Aldi’s misleading conduct case against union
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-12-22 6:43 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

The Full Federal Court has upheld the dismissal of grocery store Aldi’s lawsuit claiming that the Transport Workers Union engaged in misleading conduct by representing that it was responsible for road deaths and put “unsafe” pressure on truck drivers.

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Aldi takes another shot at misleading conduct case against TWU
Appeals 2020-04-07 6:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

German grocery store Aldi Foods has appealed a Federal Court decision dismissing its case against the Transport Workers Union on a “legal technicality” despite a finding that material disseminated by the union was likely to mislead.

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