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Judge shoots down Advanta Seeds’ bid for names of signed class action members
Farmers in a class action against Advanta Seeds over allegedly contaminated sorghum have defeated a bid by the company to hand over a list of all group members who have signed funding agreements to join the case.
Sunwater to join challenge to Queensland floods class action victory
Dam operator Sunwater will join an appeal of a victory in a class action filed on behalf of victims of the 2011 Queensland floods, despite pleas from the firm running the case and the State of Queensland that insurers for the dam operators let the ruling stand.
BP worker fired over Hitler parody video to be reinstated after win on appeal
A refinery worker sacked by BP over a parody Hitler video has won his job back after a Fair Work Commission appeals panel overturned a prior decision upholding his dismissal, finding that the clip he shared was not offensive or inappropriate.
ANZ and Westpac hit with junk insurance class actions
Slater and Gordon has expanded its Get Your Insurance Back campaign, launching class actions against ANZ and Westpac over allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, just three months after it reached a $49.5 million settlement with NAB in a class action over similar insurance.
‘I never liked common fund orders anyway’: Judge gives thumbs up to High Court ruling
A  judge overseeing a shareholder class action against collapsed engineering group RCR Tomlinson has said goodbye to the common fund order in the case while welcoming last year's High Court decision preventing these orders from being made at the early stage in class actions.
ASIC wins unconscionable conduct case against OTC derivatives issuer AGM Markets
ASIC has notched up a win against derivative issuer AGM Markets and two of its authorised representatives, with a court finding they engaged in misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct that caused investor losses of over $30 million.
Combustible cladding class action gets makeover
The lead applicant in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding has been ordered to immediately pay the defendants' costs that were thrown away by amended pleadings that bring a "substantially new case", over a year after the high-stakes case was filed.
New pelvic mesh class action targets Medtronic unit, two other device makers
Medtronic owned Covidien and two other medical device manufacturers have been hit with a class action on behalf of thousands of women who claim to have suffered lifelong complications from the devices, the third class action over pelvic mesh implants brought in Australia.
Head of NSW Racing claims ABC story on racehorse slaughter defamed him
The head of Racing NSW has hit the ABC with a defamation lawsuit over a '7:30' segment that revealed racehorses were being slaughtered in violation of industry rules.
Government reaches settlement in toxic foam class actions
A settlement has been reached in three class action against the Commonwealth of Australia over the use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam at government military bases.