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Judge orders soft class closure in Medibank shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-08-23 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has made soft class closure orders in a shareholder class action against Medibank after the High Court has been asked to resolve a split on the issue by intermediate appellate courts.

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Judge takes red pen to proposed 40% GCO in Ansell class action
Class Actions 2024-08-22 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed a law firm running a shareholder class action against medical glove maker Ansell to earn a 40 per cent contingency fee, but slashed the rate for settlements or judgments over $50 million.

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Monash IVF settles class action over embryo destruction for $56M
Class Actions 2024-08-22 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of 700 patients alleging assisted reproduction provider Monash IVF destroyed potentially viable embryos in a faulty genetic screening program has settled for $56 million.

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Class action filed over ‘substandard’ public housing in WA
Class Actions 2024-08-22 7:52 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action has been launched seeking “housing justice” for Aboriginal tenants living in alleged substandard public housing in Western Australia.

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Jetstar faces class action over COVID-19 flight credits
Class Actions 2024-08-21 11:36 am By Christine Caulfield

Budget airline Jetstar has been hit with a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who were credited with travel vouchers for flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic but were allegedly owed a refund.

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Westpac fights bid to ‘get around’ limitation defence in flex commissions class action
Class Actions 2024-08-21 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Banks targeted in long-running class actions over flexible commission schemes for car dealers are resisting the plaintiffs’ bid to amend their pleadings to “get around” the defence that certain claims are time-barred.

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Sydney Trains underpayments suit mulls class closure as High Court takes up issue
Employment 2024-08-21 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An underpayments class action against Sydney Trains has flagged an application to exclude unregistered group members from any settlement, as the High Court steps in to resolve an appellate court split on the power to make class closure orders.

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‘Poor in the extreme’: Fishing class action slams NSW’s defence
Class Actions 2024-08-21 11:48 pm By Andy Sidler

A class action accusing the New South Wales government of unfair persecution of  south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices has slammed the state’s defence as “poor in the extreme”.

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Strip search class action attacks NSW’s ‘reasonable exercise of power’ defence
Class Actions 2024-08-19 3:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging NSW Police conducted illegal strip searches at music festivals has argued the state cannot rely on a defence that the searches were a reasonable exercise of power, after a recent judgment found the defence does not apply to unlawful arrests.

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ACT government wants out of public housing class action
Class Actions 2024-08-19 12:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of public housing tenants who were allegedly forced to relocate is facing a bid for summary judgment by the ACT government, which claims it is not the correct respondent.

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