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Aristocrat says class action applicant should have deleted gambling app
Class Actions 2024-07-16 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Aristocrat Leisure has hit back at a class action over its allegedly illegal ā€˜social casinoā€™ apps, saying that playing is optional and that the lead applicant should have deleted the games.

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NAB faces fraud allegations in $100M class action over collapse of builder Walton
Class Actions 2024-05-17 12:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has given the green light to amendments to a $100 million class action against NAB over the collapse of Walton Construction, which include new claims of equitable fraud and knowing involvement in misleading and deceptive conduct.

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Class action firms that play nice should not have a leg up in beauty parade, court told
Class Actions 2024-05-08 11:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Appellate guidance is needed on whether a history of cooperation between law firms that brought competing class actions can be the deciding factor in a close carriage contest, the Victorian Court of Appeal has heard.

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Downer EDI points finger at KPMG in shareholder class action
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-03-04 3:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Downer EDI has named KPMG in a cross-claim in a class action by shareholders, a move the accounting giant says has forced it to resign as auditor for the infrastructure services company.

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Law firms team up to run class action against IG Markets over CFDs
Financial Services 2024-02-06 3:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two firms have agreed to consolidate their class actions against online trading platform IG Markets over risky CFDs, but the company failed in a bid to have the two funders behind the cases liable for 100% of any security for costs order lest one funder defaults.

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Toyota faces class action investigation over alleged Corolla paint defect
Class Actions 2024-01-11 2:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm is mulling a class action against Toyota over paint on certain Corolla models that allegedly peeled when exposed to sunlight or ultraviolet light, in alleged breach of the acceptable quality guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law.Ā 

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Combustible cladding class action wins ‘fresh start’ with new mediator
Class Actions 2023-11-13 1:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted a bid for a new mediator in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding, agreeing with the applicant that a “fresh start” may be beneficial.

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NAB ā€˜obligedā€™ to charge adviser fees at issue in class action, court told
Trials 2023-10-10 10:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB unit NULIS Nominees was not only allowed to charge superannuation fund members fees for adviser commissions, it was “obliged” to do so, a court has heard during a class action trial over alleged conflicted remuneration.Ā 

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Seven year-long investor class action over AFSL ā€˜racketā€™ headed to High Court
High Court 2023-10-10 1:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against a director of defunct financial services firm Hodgson Faraday is headed to the High Court after seven years of litigation, with the director appealing findings that he was involved in misleading South Korean investors.

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Trial kicks off in adviser fee class action against NAB
Trials 2023-10-09 10:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB unit NULIS Nominees was ā€œhopelessly conflictedā€ in continuing to charge allegedly unlawful adviser commissions to superannuation fund members, a court has heard on the first day of a class action trial.

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