A consumer class action against Radio Rentals over its ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’ scheme is “very close” to settling, a court heard Monday, with just a few more days required to negotiate a final agreement.
The applicants in the Radio Rentals “Rent, Try $1 Buy” class action have flagged the potential for prejudice caused by the respondents’ late evidence, with concerns about their capacity to be ready by the looming trial date if ongoing settlement negotiations hit a dead-end.
A senior partner at a Sydney-based law firm has denied he made a “deliberate decision” to withhold advice from a former client suing for alleged breach of duties and conflict of interest over a rejected $4.45 million settlement in an employment dispute with Westpac.
A senior partner at a Sydney-based law firm has defended advice he gave five former clients suing over what they say was breach of duties and conflict of interest relating to a rejected $4.45 million settlement in an employment case against Westpac.
The applicants in the Radio Rentals class action have won access to the company’s excess layer insurance policies, amid concerns that group members’ losses from the allegedly misleading ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’ program could surpass $100 million.
The lead applicant in a class action against Radio Rentals wants access to correspondence relating to the appliance leasing company’s insurance coverage with AIG Australia, saying the documents might contain admissions relevant to its case over the company’s allegedly misleading ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’ program.
Lawyers for Radio Rentals are trying to take back hundreds of potentially privileged documents in a consumer class action over the company’s ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’ program, after they were accidentally disclosed as a result of an IT redaction error.
A Sydney-based law firm is planning to file a cross-claim seeking legal costs from five former clients it represented in an employment lawsuit against Westpac, who are accusing the firm of negligence in rejecting a $4.45 million settlement offer.
The former CEO of Radio Rentals, who has been dragged into a class action against the company, claims he can’t properly defend himself because his former employer has asserted privilege over legal advice the company received regarding its ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’, which he says is crucial to his case.