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Damages hearing in Queensland floods class action to go ahead despite appeal
Class Actions 2020-04-24 6:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

A hearing to determine damages in the Queensland floods class action will proceed next week despite an appeal brought by the two dam operators that were found liable for the 2011 floods in the state that destroyed 2,000 homes.

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Class action says AMP wielding ‘threat’ of strike out application
Class Actions 2020-04-24 3:15 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Repeated suggestions of a planned strike out application are being used as a “threat” by four AMP subsidiaries and two trustees in a consolidated class action over allegedly excessive superannuation fees, a court has heard.

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Class mulls options for talking to jailed Crown employees after appeals court defeat
Class Actions 2020-04-22 6:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

The lead applicant in a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts is considering alternative options for examining 18 former jailed employees after an appeals court found communication with the employees was impermissible given confidentiality agreements they had with Crown.

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High Court may pick apart choice of Maurice Blackburn in AMP class action contest
Analysis 2020-04-21 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

The power of courts to choose a single winner from a contest of competing class actions is not the likely target of the High Court in taking up a challenge to last year’s beauty parade of shareholder proceedings against AMP, but the analysis behind the decision to award Maurice Blackburn the prize could face scrutiny, experts say.

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High Court takes up challenge to AMP class action beauty parade
Appeals 2020-04-17 2:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on a decision last year to pick Maurice Blackburn’s case as the winner of a beauty parade of shareholder class actions against AMP over the wealth manager’s controversial fees for no service.

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Judge calls for legislative fix in wake of High Court’s common fund ruling
Class Actions 2020-04-09 1:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lamenting that he now has less flexibility to manage commission rates, a judge has called for legislative intervention to give courts authority to regulate funding arrangements at the outset of class actions, a power stripped from them by the High Court late last year.

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John Setka defeats poaching case by CFMEU boss
Employment 2020-04-06 11:26 am By Miklos Bolza

Union heavyweight John Setka has successfully defended a case brought by CFMEU boss Micheal O’Connor seeking orders restraining Setka from poaching members from the union’s manufacturing division.

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Treasury Wine Estates hit with class action over earnings downgrade
Class Actions 2020-04-03 12:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

Treasury Wine Estates has said it will vigorously defend a shareholder class action filed this week over a recent earnings downgrade, one of two possible class actions the wine producer could be facing over the announcement.

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Judge shoots down amendment to group definition in Uber class action
Class Actions 2020-04-02 5:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied a bid by the applicant in a massive class action against ride-sharing giant Uber to amend the group definition to include successors and assignees of those with claims, saying the request was made too late and that it was not clear who exactly would be included in the new group.

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COVID-19 class actions on the horizon, expert says
Class Actions 2020-03-30 5:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the door to a host of potential class actions involving claims of government negligence, employment law, product liability and consumer law, one legal expert has said.

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