Jetstar Airways has agreed to pay a $1.95 million penalty and admitted to making false and misleading representations about customer eligibility for refunds on cancelled flights, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.
Seven class actions against auto makers that sold cars equipped with defective Takata airbags can allege the car makers’ silence constituted misleading and deceptive conduct.
A judge has expressed skepticism of Bannister Law’s plan to hire powerhouse US lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw the September 11th victims compensation and BP oil spill funds, to mediate class actions against Volkwagen over its emissions cheating scandal, saying the car maker had shown no interest in settling despite the risk of “horrendous” penalties.
The competition watchdog is taking NSW Ports to court alleging a 50-year agreement with the state, signed when Port Botany and Port Kembla were privatised five years ago, was anti-competitive.
The NSW Government is mulling cross-claims against construction firms ALTRAC and Acciona in a class action alleging the government failed to minimise disruptions from the Sydney light rail project.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers said Wednesday it is expanding its class action against Uber, with the firm saying the total claim against the US ride-sharing company would likely dwarf any class action recovery in Australia’s history.
Pacific National would not misuse its market power after taking control of an important rail terminal in Brisbane because that would be “irrational”, the Federal Court heard Monday at the start of a two-week trial in the competition watchdog’s case alleging the rail giant colluded with competitor Aurizon to become the dominant operator of key freight corridors.
Litigation funder Regency Funding has sought leave to intervene as a major player in one of two challenges to the courts’ powers to issue common fund orders in class actions, but it might have a fight on its hands.
A judge has expressed frustration at the slow pace of the Sydney light rail class action, forcing both parties to commit to a timetable that will push the proceeding more rapidly towards a final hearing.
A Federal Court judge has rejected a revised pleading in a class action against Ford over its allegedly defective PowerShift transmissions.