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Class action accuses Exactech of supplying faulty joint implants
Class Actions 2024-09-06 12:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney law firm has filed a class action accusing private equity-owned medical device maker Exactech of supplying faulty joint implants that were subject to deterioration due to a packaging defect, caused serious medical complications in patients. 

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Losing law firm in Hino class action contest drops appeal, must pay costs
Class Actions 2024-08-13 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

A personal injury firm that lost out to a class action heavyweight in a contest to run a case against Toyota unit Hino has dropped its appeal and will wear the costs it incurred in bringing its case.

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Latecomer class action to take first swing at Mercedes-Benz
Class Actions 2024-04-17 4:34 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiffs in two competing class actions against Mercedes-Benz over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat regulatory emissions tests have agreed to temporarily stay the first-filed proceeding so that one filed over a year later can go ahead, a court has heard. 

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New Victorian Supreme Court practice note ‘should have gone further’, lawyers say
Analysis 2024-04-08 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Leading lawyers have welcomed a new practice note in the Commercial Court division of the Victorian Supreme Court, including a “rigid framework” to cut down on interlocutory disputation which is expected to benefit commercial class action litigants, but some say the note “should have gone further” to compel discovery from defendants.

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Subpoenas to identify group members in Mercedes-Benz class action ‘improper’: judge
Class Actions 2024-03-21 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has set aside subpoenas in a class action against Mercedes-Benz over alleged emissions cheating seeking material to identify group members and clarify the composition of the class, finding they were not issued for a legitimate forensic purpose.

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Lawyers’ costs would leave personal injury client with 5% of Coles settlement, court says
Personal injury 2024-02-20 3:17 pm By Sam Matthews

A woman who secured a $650,000 settlement from Coles after allegedly slipping on water at a Penrith, NSW supermarket may see just over five per cent of the sum after fees by the two law firms that represented her, as well as deductions by Medicare and Centrelink, a judge has said.

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Mercedes-Benz hit with competing class action over emissions testing
Class Actions 2024-02-05 10:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mercedes-Benz has been hit with a competing class action over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat on diesel emissions tests, over a year after the first class action was filed.

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Picking class action winner on strength of law firm’s experience entrenches dominance, appeal says
Class Actions 2024-01-31 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm that lost a contest to run a class action against Toyota unit Hino has appealed a decision to give the case to a larger rival based on past experience, saying the ruling would act as a deterrent to smaller firms wanting to enter the market for group proceedings.

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Reading the tea leaves from 2023’s class action beauty parades
Analysis 2024-01-15 11:19 pm By Sam Matthews

The country’s most experienced class action law firm won two and lost two in last year’s beauty parades before the courts, showing track record is not everything when it comes to winning carriage of cases and that picking the winner can be a tricky business. From line-ball decisions to law firm team-ups and the lowest contingency fee order yet, here’s how 2023’s class action contests went down.

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Philips class action pleading not the ‘finest piece of work’: judge
Peter Cashman 2023-11-30 4:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has told the law firm that has taken over a class action against Philips Electronics over recalled sleep apnea machines to take its time when amending the pleading, which he said was not the “finest piece of work” he’d ever seen.

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