Most Recent
Class action numbers hit four-year low, but securities cases rise: report
Class Actions 2022-09-15 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The past financial year saw 54 class actions filed in Australia — the lowest number since 2017/2018, a new report shows.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Class action probe targets Aussie Home Loans over ‘worthless’ policies
Class Actions 2022-09-14 2:47 pm By Sam Matthews

Aussie Home Loans is facing a class action investigation for allegedly selling “essentially worthless” policies to homeowners.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Box Hill Institute settles class action with students over aviation course
Class Actions 2022-09-14 11:12 pm By Sam Matthews

Vocational education provider Box Hill Institute has reached an in-principle settlement in a class action by disgruntled students who allege the licences they obtained through the institute did not provide them with the requisite knowledge or training to obtain a commercial pilot’s licence.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Star engaged in ‘inherently deceptive’ practices, unsuitable to hold casino licence: report
Gaming 2022-09-13 4:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW gaming regulator has found Star Entertainment is unfit to hold a casino licence and has threatened disciplinary action after uncovering anti-money laundering breaches and “inherently deceptive” misconduct.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Aveo class action members facing novel funding order protected by court, judge says
Class Actions 2022-09-13 12:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved an opt-out notice in a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group that advises of a proposed application for a controversial funding order that would put a lien on some group members homes.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

J&J, Ethicon to pay record $300M settlement in pelvic mesh class actions
Class Actions 2022-09-12 11:03 am By Sam Matthews

Johnson & Johnson Medical and unit Ethicon have agreed to pay $300 million to settle two class actions brought by Shine Lawyers on behalf of Australian women implanted with pelvic mesh and tape devices.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Class action asks High Court to hear appeal over Ruby Princess’s foreign passengers
COVID-19 2022-09-12 11:17 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess will ask the High Court to hear a challenge to a decision that found a class action waiver for foreign passengers was not unfair.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Scenic Cruises ordered to pay $10M to passengers forced to take the bus
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-12 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Scenic Cruises to pay just over $10 million to travellers who were promised a “once in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europe” but were instead forced to take the bus from city to city.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Lawyers to seek 22% cut in Noumi shareholder class action
Class Actions 2022-09-12 5:09 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firms Slater & Gordon and Phi Finney McDonald are seeking a 22 per cent cut of any recovery in a consolidated shareholder class action against food company Noumi and its auditor Deloitte over $590 million in accounting irregularities.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Banksia class action silk’s wife bound by damning judgment, court told
Class Actions 2022-09-09 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies associated with the wife of disgraced senior barrister Norman O’Bryan are stuck with the findings of last year’s excoriating judgment against the Banksia class action legal team despite their status as third parties, a court has heard.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?