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Maurice Blackburn shuts out lawyers over industrial action
Employment 2025-03-05 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Maurice Blackburn is refusing to pay its lawyers over a planned partial work ban, practically shutting them out of work in a heated dispute over pay and reproductive leave.

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Judge says prior work with Origin class action firm doesn’t disqualify him
Class Actions 2025-03-03 4:06 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge says his experience working alongside the law firm pursuing an investor class action against Origin Energy prior to his appointment to the bench does not disqualify him from hearing the case.

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Suncorp confirms settlement in class action against AAI
Class Actions 2025-02-28 10:40 am By Christine Caulfield

Suncorp has reached a settlement in a class action against unit AAI over add-on insurance, the insurer confirmed on Friday.

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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 actionā€™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 ā€œmissing stepā€ in former presenterā€™s Antoinette Lattouf’s dismissal.

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