The receiver for failed Banksia Securities wants a release from claims stemming from his role, including a case by investors who lost their life savings only to be duped by the class action team that represented them.
Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group is facing a possible class action for allegedly underpaying staff at its stores since 2019.
The law firm behind a class action against Origin Energy wants a 35 per cent contingency fee, arguing that a string of defeats in shareholders cases has “accentuated the uncertainty and complexities” of proving loss.
The law firm running a shareholder class action against WiseTech is seeking a group costs order that would give it a 35 per cent cut of any settlement, arguing the relatively high rate was justified by the risks of running the case.
Carnival has lost an appeal of a finding in a class action that it was negligent in preventing a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, but an appeal by the applicant over damages has also failed.
A defects class action against Ford, which has been on foot since 2016, might end up at the High Court for a second time, a court has heard.
The Reject Shop is fighting a class action’s bid to reconstitute an “empty” class in an underpayments case, saying it shouldn’t be on the hook for tens of millions in claims because of a “basic legal error” by the applicant’s lawyers.
BHP has pushed back on reply submissions in a shareholder class action which the energy company says mistakenly interpret an internal report as putting the risk of collapse of BHP’s wastewater dam in Brazil at 25 to 50 per cent.
The judge who tossed a class action by Quintis’ shareholders should have found a restatement of assets would have materially affected the sandalwood company’s share price “as a matter of common sense”, a court has been told.
A law firm is looking into a potential class action on behalf of investors who pumped $1 billion of their superannuation into two failed funds, amid fears by ASIC of “catastrophic” losses.