Class Actions

Law firms running competing consumer class actions against Harvey Norman have failed to reach an agreement to join forces, setting the stage for a multiplicity fight this year. 

A judge has cut Slater & Gordon’s 33% contingency fee in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying it was too high since there was nothing “particularly novel” about the case.

Law firm Gordon Legal has filed a tenth class action on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria who were allegedly underpaid for shift work, after several landmark wins in similar cases. 

General Motors is facing a class action over Holden vehicles allegedly fitted with faulty transmission systems over the last 13 years. 

Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used “unfair tactics” to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.

A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.

A judge has signed off on a $38 million settlement in a shareholder class action against Mayne Pharma but has slashed a 27.9 per cent commission for the funder that backed the case. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Andrew Watson approved the settlement on 19 December, including $6 million in legal costs and a 25.7 per…

ANZ Bank New Zealand has lost its bid to appeal a ruling that common fund orders can be made in class actions, including at an early stage of the proceeding,

Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken”.

US drug maker Pfizer is facing a class action investigation into the possible link between its injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera and brain tumors.