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Ratepayers can’t strike out defences in class action against Queensland city council
Class Actions 2019-05-07 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Ratepayers in a class action against a Queensland city council calling for the recovery of an invalid levy on their land failed in their bid to summarily dismiss the council’s defence that the unreturned portion of the charges was spent for their benefit. 

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Deloitte grilled after claiming partners have no right to access files from litigation room
Appeals 2019-05-06 10:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lawyers for Deloitte were questioned by an appeals court Monday after arguing that the accounting giant’s partners had no access to the firm’s files, stored in a locked “litigation room”, and no power to hand them over to comply with discovery orders in a shareholder class action over the collapse of client Hastie Group.

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Oil spill class action trial delayed by expert evidence filed ‘without leave, without notice’
Class Actions 2019-05-06 9:07 pm By Amelia Birnie

The Montarra oil spill class action trial has been pushed back by two weeks, following the filing of late expert evidence by the applicants “without leave, without notice,” according to oil company PTTEP.

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Judge refuses to toss proportionate liability defence in Sydney light rail class action
Class Actions 2019-05-03 9:27 pm By Amelia Birnie

The NSW Government has successfully added a proportionate liability claim against two contractors to its defence in the Sydney light rail nuisance class action, over the objections of the lead plaintiff in the case.

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Woolworths class action homes in on supermarket giant’s price perception problem
Class Actions 2019-05-03 9:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Woolworths’ knowledge of its poor performance on price perception among shoppers in 2014 is at the centre of a $100 million shareholder class action against the retailer, a court heard Friday.

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Forge class action judge stands firm despite being warned of ‘real risk’ to trial date
Class Actions 2019-05-03 2:06 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has refused to contemplate delays to the long-running investor class action against defunct engineering and construction company Forge Group, as lawyers for some of the respondents warn of a “real risk” that the current trial date might need to be vacated.

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Judge approves 30% step-up commission in RMBL class action
Class Actions 2019-05-03 11:05 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on common fund application in a consumer protection class action against mortgage lending and investment firm RMBL Investments under which the funder will earn a 30% cut of any resolution amount if the case drags into September.

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Maurice Blackburn files ‘landmark’ class action against Uber
Class Actions 2019-05-03 10:02 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Uber has been with a class action on behalf of more than 6,000 drivers and license owners alleging the ride-sharing giant caused them harm by operating illegally in four states across Australia.

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AMP faces class action as Slater & Gordon’s ‘Get Your Super Back’ campaign heats up
Financial Services 2019-05-02 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP is set to be the next target of a $1 billion class action blitz by Slater & Gordon on behalf of superannuation members, facing a case on behalf of over half a million Australians allegedly gouged by excessive fees on their AMP superannuation accounts.

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Maurice Blackburn says it can deliver the goods in BHP class action
Appeals 2019-05-02 10:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Maurice Blackburn has fired its opening salvo in a high-stakes appeal of a judge’s decision rejecting its class action against BHP over the Brazilian dam failure, saying the ruling deprived group members of pocketing higher net returns on any recovery and of choosing a more experienced firm to run the case for them.

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