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In Jaguar Land Rover class action contest, ‘innovative’ funding model challenged
Automotive 2023-02-28 5:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm has questioned an ā€œinnovativeā€ funding model proposed by its rival in a contest to run a class action against Jaguar Land Rover over allegedly defective diesel filters in its vehicles.

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Class action by NSW local councils against insurer JLT dismissed by court
Insurance 2022-12-19 4:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has thrown out a long-running class action on behalf of 20 local councils in NSW alleging insurer JLT Risk Solutions charged them hundreds of millions of dollars in excessive premiums over nine years.

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CBA’s former boss Ian Narev grilled over internal audits 4 years before AUSTRAC action
Class Actions 2022-11-14 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank has told a court internal auditors raised issues with CBA’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance four years before AUSTRAC took action that saw the bank’s share price plummet.

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CBA says disclosing money laundering failures would have misled the market
Trials 2022-11-09 9:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has argued that disclosing its money laundering failures before AUSTRAC brought proceedings would have misled the market, as the bank takes the rare move of defending a shareholder class action at trial.

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Class action can’t get its hands on AMP, Clayton Utz emails
Class Actions 2022-11-09 9:24 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a class action over AMPā€™s fees for no service practice has dismissed the applicantā€™s bid to access communications between AMP and law firm Clayton Utz that led up to an ostensibly independent report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager’s inhouse lawyers.

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Trial pokes holes in CBA’s claim of ‘cordial’ relationship with AUSTRAC
Trials 2022-11-08 10:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

While CBA’s defence to a shareholder class action argues the bank did not need to disclose money laundering failures because it doubted AUSTRAC would take legal action, communications show it was drafting a defence six months before proceedings started, a trial has heard.

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‘Law breaking on a grand scale:’ CBA’s money laundering failures on trial
Class Actions 2022-11-07 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia knew about a ā€œcatastrophicā€ code error that caused widespread non-compliance with money laundering rules two years before it was disclosed to the market, a court has been told in a rare shareholder class action trial.

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Class action trial looms for CBA over money laundering disclosures
Class Actions 2022-11-03 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia faces trial Monday in one of several class actions filed against a major Australian company in recent years over allegedly lax money laundering practices and disclosures.

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AMP grilled over possible breach of court orders in insurance churn case
Financial Services 2022-10-19 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned AMP Financial Planning over whether it breached court orders to compensate customers after finding the firm failed to prevent a now banned adviser from churning life insurance for higher commissions.

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Class action wants AMP, Clayton Utz emails over controversial fees for no service report
Financial Services 2022-10-12 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action over AMP’s fees for no service practice wants communications with law firm Clayton Utz that led up to a report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager’s inhouse lawyers before being presented to the corporate regulator as independent.

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