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BHP says ‘extremely significant’ changes to class action put trial date at risk
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-25 3:26 pm By Sam Matthews

BHP has asked for more time to grapple with a shareholder class action’s amended pleading, saying the changes, if allowed, threaten to derail the trial start date in September.

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Trial vacated in add-on insurance class action against Suncorp’s AAI
Trials 2025-02-24 1:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has vacated a trial set to begin Monday in the class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance, suggesting a settlement is in the works.

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GM class action judge fond of cars, not fond of pleading fights
Class Actions 2025-02-20 11:50 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

GM has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden vehicles, but a judge has warned he won’t “take kindly” to pleading spats.

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AAI class action trial delayed as firm waits for $1.7M bank guarantee
Insurance 2025-02-13 2:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.

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BHP class action can expand group definition, but not retroactively
Appeals 2025-02-12 10:34 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can’t apply retroactively.

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Judge complains of ‘spiralling costs’ of expert evidence in class actions
Class Actions 2025-02-11 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

In deciding an evidentiary dispute in a shareholder class action against building materials giant Boral, a judge has sounded off over the increasing costs of expert evidence produced in group proceedings.

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ABC managing director admits oversight in Lattouf dismissal case
Employment 2025-02-05 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

ABC managing director David Anderson has admitted in cross-examination that there was a “missing step” in former presenter’s Antoinette Lattouf’s dismissal.

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ABC says being ‘poster girl’ for press freedom caused Latouff’s distress
Trials 2025-02-04 11:50 pm By Andy Sidler

Claims of hurt and distress by former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf stemming from her dismissal are misdirected, the broadcaster has argued at trial.

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‘We owe her nothing’: Ex-ABC head’s email surfaces at Lattouf dismissal trial
Trials 2025-02-03 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

Ex-ABC chair Ita Buttrose sent an email suggesting Antoinette Lattouf be pulled off air following an email campaign by pro-Israel lawyers, a court has heard.

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Contest between rival Google ad tech class actions on the cards
Class Actions 2025-01-31 4:15 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has foreshadowed a fight between two competing class actions against Google over alleged abuse of market dominance in digital advertising.

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