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Judge complains of ‘spiralling costs’ of expert evidence in class actions
Class Actions 2025-02-11 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

In deciding an evidentiary dispute in a shareholder class action against building materials giant Boral, a judge has sounded off over the increasing costs of expert evidence produced in group proceedings.

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Boral wins challenge to CEO cross-examination in class actions
Class Actions 2024-12-18 4:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boral has won a legal challenge to its former CEO facing cross-examination in a shareholder class action trial over an email referring to a confidential EY report.Ā 

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Firm fees, funder’s cut slashed in $180M stolen wages class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-11-27 3:21 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a settlement of up to $180.4 million in a stolen wages class action against the WA government but slashed the law firm’s fees and funder’s commission.

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Judge balks at $10M registration bill in stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2024-10-29 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

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 ā€œsomething has gone seriously wrongā€.

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ā€˜8 words in an email’: Boral slams ruling clearing class action to grill CEO
Class Actions 2024-10-03 1:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Boral has asked the Full Court to hear its appeal of a decision allowing its former CEO to be questioned about an email that mentioned a confidential EY report.

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Boral class action trial paused as appeal flagged over questioning of ex-CEO
Trials 2024-09-11 3:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Trial in a shareholder class action against Boral has been halted amid an appeal over a decision to allow questioning of former CEO Michael Kane about an email that mentioned a confidential EY report.

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Class action can grill Boral boss over email reference to EY’s dismal take on US biz
Trials 2024-09-10 3:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Boral’s former CEO Michael Kane can be questioned at trial over a reference he made in an email to findings by EY about the building material group’s poor performing US windows business, despite claims that the findings were privileged.

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Repped by firm on winning streak, Boral takes shareholder class action to trial
Trials 2024-08-12 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Buoyed by the recent trial success of CBA and other companies facing shareholder ire, building materials giant Boral is taking its chances at a hearing in a class action alleging disclosure breaches linked to its US windows business.

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Boral shareholders can run ‘novel’ case on loss in disclosure class action
Class Actions 2024-02-01 5:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Construction giant Boral has lost its bid to block a class action from running a ‘novel’ argument that shareholders suffered loss because of natural fluctuations in share price, rather than as a direct result of alleged continuous disclosure breaches.Ā 

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Top 10 class action settlements of 2023
Top 10 Class Action Settlements 2024-01-05 4:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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