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Linchpin class action settles with directors, continues against AIG
Class Actions 2023-03-24 10:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An investor class action has reached a settlement with four former directors of defunct Linchpin Capital, leaving only allegations against AIG Insurance, which is allegedly seeking to withdraw an admission that directors were insured under a D&O policy. 

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Carnival class action over norovirus outbreaks faces strike out, declassing bids
Class Actions 2023-03-21 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship is facing a strike out bid, with the cruise operator also flagging a declassing application down the line.

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High Court to hear class action waiver challenge in Ruby Princess case
Class Actions 2023-03-17 4:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has granted leave to the applicant in a class action against Carnival PLC to appeal a ruling that upheld a class action waiver in tickets bought by foreign passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess in 2020.

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Court won’t allow suit over $200M in Lendlease purchase options
Real Estate 2023-03-07 5:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has dismissed a challenge in a lengthy legal drama between the children of one of Australia’s richest families, finding that a lawsuit over $200 million in Lendlease purchase options was not brought in good faith.

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Insurer Bond & Credit Company fires cross-claims at Greensill
Insurance 2022-12-20 2:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Bond & Credit Company is seeking to join Greensill Group to three lawsuits over the financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse in March 2020, while Greensill has foreshadowed its own cross-claims against Insurance Australia Group.

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‘Spectre’ of business interruption class actions laid to rest with test cases, insurers argue
Insurance 2022-12-06 10:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurers will file de-classing applications in four class actions on behalf of small businesses seeking coverage under business interruption policies for losses flowing from COVID-19 restrictions after their test cases largely failed. 

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Hillsong Church denies wrongdoing in whistleblower lawsuit
Employment 2022-10-18 3:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Hillsong Church has denied whistleblower allegations of extensive financial misconduct, claiming an employee was “not correct” to accuse the megachurch of funnelling donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.

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Hillsong ordered to file overdue defence in whistleblower suit alleging financial misconduct
Employment 2022-10-13 2:42 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Hillsong to file its defence to a lawsuit alleging extensive financial misconduct by the megachurch, including that it funnelled donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.

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Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak ‘no accident’, class action trial hears
Class Actions 2022-10-12 9:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was “something that was very likely to happen” and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.

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Class action asks High Court to hear appeal over Ruby Princess’s foreign passengers
COVID-19 2022-09-12 11:17 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess will ask the High Court to hear a challenge to a decision that found a class action waiver for foreign passengers was not unfair.

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