A judge has approved an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, but says he needs to hear from a contradictor before greenlighting a law firm’s 25 per cent contingency fee.
A law firm has filed a representative complaint with the OAIC on behalf of six million Qantas customers affected by the company’s recent data breach.
A racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory government and its police commissioner could “call into question” policing across the territory, a judge has said.
Developer Dennis Family Corporation has been hit with class action by purchasers of apartment units in Brisbane who allege their contracts were wrongly terminated after the market value of neighbouring properties soared by 40 per cent.
Legal experts say climate-related litigation will continue — and even increase — despite a judge’s dismissal this week of a class action by Torres Strait Islanders alleging the government was negligent in failing to protect them from the harmful effects of climate change.
A judge has found that there is no need to revise the 27.5 per cent group costs order secured by Slater and Gordon following the consolidation of two class actions against Insurance Australia, despite the likelihood of a larger payout to the firm.
Auditor KPMG has hit back at a shareholder class action over water treatment business Phoslock’s alleged accounting irregularities, saying it should be completely relieved from paying damages since it acted honestly.
A judge has found that the government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to protect them against the effects of climate change, despite finding that there was a very real risk they could become “climate refugees”.
A law firm which brought several underpayments cases on behalf of junior doctors is investigating a potential class action against alcohol delivery service Jimmy Brings.
GM can’t strike out a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden cars, with a judge saying the case doesn’t need to identify the “precise mechanical, metallurgical or engineering explanation” for alleged defects.