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NAB super fund trustee faces $100M class action over excessive fees
Class Actions 2019-07-10 11:32 am By Miklos Bolza

A NAB-owned trustee is facing a possible class action over $100 million in allegedly excessive fees charged to super fund members.

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Combustible cladding defendants may drag engineers, certifiers into class action
Class Actions 2019-07-08 8:36 pm By Amelia Birnie

German-based cladding manufacturer 3A Composites has foreshadowed potential cross claims against third party engineers and certifiers in one of two class actions brought over allegedly dangerous combustible cladding used in countless buildings across Australia.

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Judge reserves AMP class action loser costs after Phi Finney McDonald sinks 1,345 hours
Class Actions 2019-07-04 3:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Boutique class actions law firm Phi Finney McDonald has won its bid to reserve costs incurred before its case was permanently stayed in the AMP shareholder class action beauty contest, after the firm racked up at least 1,345 hours in ā€œsunk costsā€.

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RCR Tomlinson class actions get green light, multiplicity fight looms
Class Actions 2019-06-24 5:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Three shareholder class actions against RCR Tomlinson have been allowed to continued, setting up a class action beauty contest over who will lead the litigation against the failed engineering company.

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Quinn Emanuel files appeal after losing AMP class action contest
Appeals 2019-06-19 9:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has followed through on its threat to appeal a high stakes ruling that shut down its shareholder class action against AMP, along with two competing cases, after a two-day beauty parade that saw rival firm Maurice Blackburn take the prize.

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Royal commission class actions pile up, with more on the way
Class Actions 2019-06-18 2:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

While no means a flood, the class actions filed in response to the shocking evidence of misbehaviour at last year’s banking royal commission have been steadily flowing and show no signs of drying up. Here, we give you the round-up of cases launched so far, the latest developments in each, and what’s coming down the pipeline.

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Combustible cladding class action has prima facie case against manufacturer, judge says
Product Liability 2019-06-03 1:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has allowed the applicant in a class action over allegedly dangerous combustible cladding to sue a German-based cladding manufacturer, saying there was a prima facie case the company violated the Australian Consumer Law.

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Shine Lawyers settles shareholder class action
Class Actions 2019-05-31 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Publicly-traded law firm Shine Lawyers has reached a confidential agreement to settle a class action alleging it misled shareholders about the value of ongoing business activities, the first ever settlement of a class action in Queensland.

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No more shots in Russian vodka trade marks case
Intellectual Property 2019-05-30 9:33 pm By Amelia Birnie

A dispute over allegedly stolen Russian vodka trade marks has been permanently stayed as an abuse of process, after the Russian Federation failed to provide adequate discovery of relevant materials.

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GetSwift faces scrutiny by class action law firm after ASX trading halt
Securities 2019-05-29 9:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

The law firm running a shareholder class action against GetSwift confirmed it was looking at the events surrounding Tuesday’s trading halt by the Australian Stock Exchange but would not be amending its ongoing case against the logistics company in light of it.

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