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Carriage fight on the cards as third IC Markets class action filed
Class Actions 2024-03-18 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A third law firm has filed a class action against International Capital Markets, after failing to reach an agreement on joining forces with two other firms that have agreed to consolidate their competing class actions against the Sydney broker over risky contracts for difference.

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Law firms to join forces in class actions over risky CFDs
Class Actions 2024-03-13 9:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A carriage fight may be avoided in a class action against Sydney broker International Capital Markets over risky contracts for difference after two law firms agreed to consolidate their cases.

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Third law firm ‘waiting in the wings’ to file class action against IC Markets
Class Actions 2024-02-09 9:05 pm By Sam Matthews

International Capital Markets may soon face a third class action, a court has heard, as the first two class actions to be filed against the Sydney-based online broker over risky contracts for difference mull consolidation. 

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Online broker IC Markets faces second class action over CFDs
Class Actions 2024-02-07 10:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Online broker International Capital Markets has been hit with a second class action for selling “excessively risky” derivative products known as contracts for difference to retail investors. 

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Toyota faces class action over flex commission car loans
Class Actions 2024-01-08 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action boutique has filed proceedings against Toyota’s finance arm over car loans that allegedly encouraged dealers to set high interest rates in exchange for large kickbacks.

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IC Markets hit with class action over risky CFDs
Class Actions 2023-12-22 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney-based online broker International Capital Markets has been hit with a class action, and is facing the threat of another representative proceeding by investors who lost money trading risky contracts for difference.

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Rival law firms will cooperate on Qantas class action after judge says both ‘at fault’
Class Actions 2023-12-18 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two law firms running competing class actions against Qantas over flight cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic have agreed to cooperate after a judge took them to task for revising their funding positions in the lead up to a courtroom battle.

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Competing Qantas class action on the cards, court urges firms to avoid fight
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-10-12 10:59 am By Cindy Cameronne

A second law firm is likely to throw its hat in the ring to run a competing class action against Qantas over flight cancellations in the COVID-19 pandemic, but a judge has made orders trying to side-step a carriage fight, criticising them as “wasteful and expensive”. 

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Class action says Qantas got ‘$1B in interest free loans’ from COVID-19 cancellations
Class Actions 2023-08-21 12:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Qantas faces a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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James Hardie facing shareholder class action over net income downgrade
Construction 2023-07-28 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Building materials giant James Hardie Industries is facing a class action alleging it breached its disclosure obligations over its adjusted net income forecasts for the 2023 financial year.

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