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Judge won’t put Bupa class action on ice pending possible appeal
Class Actions 2025-12-22 4:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge hearing a class action alleging Bupa failed to provide promised levels of care to residents has said she won’t put the case on ice pending the aged care provider’s potential appeal of a decision declining to toss the case. 

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Judge ‘very uncomfortable’ with funder’s novel costs bid in KPMG class action
Class Actions 2025-12-18 11:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed concerns about a funder’s novel application for its costs in a partially settled shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company Cudeco, saying everyone was getting a payday except group members. 

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Bupa class action dodges summary dismissal application
Class Actions 2025-12-15 11:21 pm By Andy Sidler

A class action against Bupa alleging the aged care provider failed to provide promised levels of care to residents can proceed, with a judge finding the case is not “fatally flawed”.

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Iplex fails to keep NZ parent out of builder’s defects case
Construction 2025-12-12 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Fletcher Building Group unit Iplex has lost its bid to save its parent company from being joined to a case brought by builder J-Corp over allegedly defective pipes.

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BHP’s $110M class action settlement OK’d, with half going to lawyers, funder
Class Actions 2025-12-05 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $110 million settlement in a class action against BHP over the collapse of a tailings dam, and has OK’d fees and commission reducing the sum by 50 per cent, despite concerns the costs were excessive.

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Suit accuses Telix of breaching licence agreement for cancer drug Zircaix
Intellectual Property 2025-11-24 11:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

German pharmaceutical company Heidelberg Pharma has filed a lawsuit against Australian drug maker Telix alleging breach of a licence agreement for its kidney cancer diagnostic drug Zircaix. 

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Group members to get half of $110M BHP shareholder class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-11-03 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The funder and law firms that ran a shareholder class action against BHP over the collapse of the company’s Samarco Fundão dam in Brazil will seek approval for deductions that will see half of the $110 million settlement go to group members. 

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Leading class action lawyers among 21 new silks in Victoria
Business of Law 2025-10-29 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Twenty-one barristers in Victoria have won the title of senior counsel, including two class action lawyers from opposing sides of the bar table who have been involved in negotiating recent blockbuster settlements.

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Fletcher Building unit points finger at BGC in pipes class action
Class Actions 2025-10-22 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Iplex Pipelines has argued builder BGC should hand over documents relating to its estimate that it will cost $123 million to fix homes it claims were fitted with faulty pipes manufactured by the Fletcher Building unit.

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Builder BGC pulled into class action over Fletcher Building pipes
Construction 2025-10-22 11:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Iplex Pipelines has argued builder BGC should hand over documents relating to its estimate that it will cost $123 million to fix homes it claims were fitted with faulty pipes manufactured by the Fletcher Building unit.

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