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Top 10 class action settlements of 2024
Class Actions 2025-01-03 7:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

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Limitations defences not relevant to new claims in Victoria class actions, court told
Class Actions 2024-12-20 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Toyota Finance has argued it can add new claims that are out of time because Victorian courts cannot factor in the loss of limitations defences in deciding whether to allow amendments. 

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Judge approves $57.5M ANZ class action settlement, funder’s ATE costs
Class Actions 2024-12-19 2:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $57.5 million settlement in a class action against ANZ over credit card interest, including allowing the funder to recoup $1.2 million in after-the-event insurance costs.

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CIMIC settles shareholder class action for $45.25M
Securities 2024-12-18 6:25 pm By Andy Sidler

CIMIC has agreed to pay $45.25 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging it failed to properly inform the market about its investment in a Middle East company. 

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iSignthis wins fight to bring evidence of offers to settle with ASIC
ASIC 2024-12-05 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

Hoping for a discounted penalty, fintech iSignthis has won its bid to adduce evidence of without prejudice offers it made to reach a resolution with ASIC before the regulator took it to court.

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Nuix class action judge rejects bid to close shareholder class action up to trial
Class Actions 2024-12-04 11:19 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has made a class closure order in a shareholder case against software company Nuix and underwriter Macquarie Capital, but rejected a bid to keep the order in operation until trial.

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Judge OKs cutting edge argument in $900M class action against CBA
Financial Services 2024-11-28 4:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed a class action against CBA and its former wealth management arm Colonial First State to add claims based on a novel theory of corporate responsibility that has implications for companies’ use of AI.

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BHP says shareholders can’t expand class action because of ‘drafting error’
Class Actions 2024-11-08 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.

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BHP class action gets 3 extra weeks for high-stakes trial
Class Actions 2024-10-30 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

A shareholder class action against BHP over the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil has won a bid to add an extra three weeks to a six-week hearing to account for any evidentiary surprises.

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BHP class action to take fresh look at pleadings after failure of CBA cases
Class Actions 2024-07-18 1:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A shareholder class action against BHP has sought more time to finalise its pleadings ahead of trial, after a judge threw out two class actions against the Commonwealth Bank that also alleged continuous disclosure breaches.

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