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Westpac life insurance class action stayed pending landmark appeal
Financial Services 2018-10-29 9:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

A class action against Westpac over allegedly excessive insurance premiums has been put on ice after funder JustKapital filed an application to stay the case in the wake of the bank’s appeal challenging the court’s power to make a common fund order.

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IP lawyers seek to intervene in software patent appeal
Intellectual Property 2018-10-29 9:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A group representing patent and trade mark lawyers is seeking to intervene in a high-stakes appeal over computer software patents.

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Expert reports by Geoffrey Rush’s buddies should be inadmissible, Nationwide says
Defamation 2018-10-26 11:55 pm By Miklos Bolza

Nationwide News says two expert reports written by a friend and agent of actor Geoffrey Rush should be thrown out because the two are advocates for Rush, as the first week in the closely watched defamation trial wrapped up.

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Sydney light rail class action ‘very best thing’ for gov’t: judge
Construction 2018-10-26 11:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing a class action filed on behalf of business owners over the Sydney light rail construction has cautioned the NSW government against filing a de-class motion, saying a class action may be the “very best thing” for the government.

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ANZ to get ASIC probe docs in $2.5B share placement case
Securities 2018-10-26 10:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC has been given a little over a month to provide ANZ with documents it collected during the course of its investigation into a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, as the bank, which is facing a related criminal cartel case, mulls whether to file an application to stay the regulator’s action.

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Judge urges class action lawyers to solve multiplicity problem
Class Actions 2018-10-26 4:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Blasting the battle of competing class actions as a fight for the “commercial interests” of litigation funders not class members, a judge has called on lawyers for two shareholder actions against Brambles to settle the dispute themselves.

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VW must hand over docs on Dieselgate’s impact on car prices
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-26 12:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has ordered Volkswagen to produce documents related to its calculations on how its emissions cheating scandal could affect car prices.

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Director denies telling Geoffrey Rush to be less ‘creepy’
Defamation 2018-10-25 8:04 pm By Miklos Bolza

The director of the King Lear production at the centre of a defamation case brought by Geoffrey Rush said on the witness stand Thursday he never told the actor his behaviour toward co-star Eyrn Jean Norvill had become “creepy”.

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Westpac fights Deloitte subpoena in life insurance class action
Class Actions 2018-10-24 9:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

Westpac is contesting a subpoena in a class action over allegedly excessive life insurance premiums for documents from Deloitte that may reveal how the bank chose the policies it offered.

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Court urged to reject $35M Westpac settlement with ASIC
Financial Services 2018-10-24 8:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson, SC, told a Federal Court judge Wednesday to reject a proposed $35 million deal between ASIC and Westpac, saying the bank should pay at least $100 million if it committed the responsible lending breaches alleged by the regulator.

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