Shine Lawyers wants to claim $24.5 million in legal costs in a stolen wages class action on behalf of Northern Territory First Nations people, a sum a judge called âeye wateringâ.
A judge has expressed concerns after hearing that up to 20,000 group members in three pelvic mesh class actions have yet to receive payment from $405 million in settlements approved in March last year.
A class action over deaths allegedly caused by negligent care at a NSW aged care facility during COVID-19 has settled.Â
The judge overseeing a $180.4 million settlement in a stolen wages class action has railed against Shine Lawyers’ $10 million bill for the costs of registration, saying âsomething has gone seriously wrongâ.
A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds and Tal Life Insurance was discontinued after documents discovered by the companies caused funder Woodsford to bow out.
A ruling that clarified the materiality requirement in continuous disclosure cases could lead to more regulatory actions and activist shareholder claims, but won’t boost shareholder class actions, experts say.
A class action against McDonaldâs alleging workers were not given mandatory rest breaks has âgone backwardsâ after the fast food giant withdrew previously agreed facts, a court has heard.Â
Fast food giant KFC has argued an initial trial in an underpayments class action could result in an âentirely hypotheticalâ finding unless it also deals with the claims of several sample group members.Â
If it takes up the Federal Court’s ruling in favour of solicitors seeking to earn a cut from a class action, the High Court will be asked to overrule its 2019 decision against common fund orders.
Expect more cybersecurity class actions following the introduction of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, experts on both sides of the bar table told Lawyerly.