A judge has questioned a class action firmâs claim that it and its counsel spent 180 hours and $63,000 in fees preparing pleadings in an underpayments class action against supermarket chain Drakes, saying the number of hours was not âreasonableâ.
A law firm has lost its bid to appoint a costs referee after reaching a $5.8 million class action settlement with the On The Run convenience store chain, saying it was âhurtfulâ for a judge to suggest the firm wanted to âmaximise its positionâ over group members.
Insurer QBE has settled a class action over ANZ’s sale of allegedly worthless add-on insurance, and the applicants are âhopefulâ that the bank and two other named insurers will soon reach a deal to resolve the claims against them.
Retail Food Group has filed an application to shut down a class action by former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain who claim to have suffered losses stemming from changes to the franchise giant’s supply chain in 2015 and 2016.
A judge weighing a $29.5 million settlement in a class action against recycling company Sims Limited has questioned the courtâs power to vary the funding agreement between the applicant and funder, which seeks to pass on its insurance costs to group members as well as recoup costs and earn a commission.
Vocational education provider Box Hill Institute has agreed to pay $33 million to settle a class action by students who allege the diploma they obtained through the institute did not give them the knowledge or training needed to obtain a commercial pilot’s licence.Â
Scenic Tours has been hit with a second class action over a series of European cruises that went ahead in 2018 despite a record-breaking drought that saw river levels drop so low they became impassable.
BHP Group has lost its High Court battle to keep foreign investors from an Australian shareholder class action over the devastating collapse of a Brazilian dam.
A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was âsomething that was very likely to happenâ and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.
A class action over AMP’s fees for no service practice wants communications with law firm Clayton Utz that led up to a report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager’s inhouse lawyers before being presented to the corporate regulator as independent.