The judge overseeing a $180.4 million settlement in a stolen wages class action has railed against Shine Lawyers’ $10 million bill for the costs of registration, saying “something has gone seriously wrong”.
A class action accusing the New South Wales government of unfair persecution of south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices has slammed the state’s defence as “poor in the extreme”.
A class action against the New South Wales government alleging it discriminated against Indigenous communities on the south coast for engaging in cultural fishing practices will include up to 15,000 people, a court has heard.
Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their pocketbooks.
The government of Western Australia has agreed to pay up to $180.4 million to settle a class action on behalf of First Nations workers who were paid little or nothing over a 36-year period.
The Western Australian state government has hit back at a class action brought by Indigenous workers seeking to recover unpaid wages, saying there was no breach of duty because the law at the time allowed the workers to be employed without pay.