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Vocation class action lumbers on with pared claims
Certain claims in a shareholder class action against insolvent training company Vocation and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers have been dropped, as the long-running case awaits a new trial date pending the outcome of a separate Full Court appeal.
Two firms running Toyota class action will get only one set of costs, judge says
The two law firms leading a class action against Toyota over allegedly defective filters in the car giant's diesel models will be able to recover the legal costs of only one firm, a judge has said.
Icon denies QBE exclusions applied in Opal Tower disaster
Construction firm Icon Co has rejected QBE Underwriting's argument that exclusion clauses in coverage for Sydney's Opal Tower meant the insurer did not have to indemnity it after a series of major cracks in the building led to the evacuation of thousands of residents on Christmas Eve last year.
Settlement reached in NSW ambulance privacy class action
A class action against the NSW government over a contractor who took private details of 130 ambulance workers to on-sell to personal injury law firms, including Bannister Law, has settled.
Staffing company faces $45M worker misclassification class action
A unit of staffing company Programmed has become the latest target of a litigation blitz over casual workers, with the company facing a $45 million class action for allegedly failing to pay workers accrued annual leave and other entitlements.
Reforms to target litigation funders and ‘lawfare’, Attorney-General says
The Federal Government is considering reforms targeting litigation funders in response to what it has called a greater number of "increasingly politicised" class actions against companies in the mining and resources industry.
Thiess workers owed unpaid wages for bus journeys, judge finds
The Federal Court has ruled against mining services firm Thiess in a class action brought by construction workers seeking unpaid wages for time spent on the bus travelling home from work on the project site for a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
Domino’s can’t block funder from viewing unredacted docs in class action
The Federal Court has rejected an "unusual" confidentiality regime proposed by Domino's Pizza Enterprises which would have resulted in restricted access to discovered documents for the funder backing the class action against the global fast food giant.
ASIC wins admissions from NAB in $100M fees for no service case
A hearing scheduled for next year in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's case against two NAB wealth management units will focus solely on how steep a penalty the bank should face after it made admissions about its fees for no service conduct.
Future personal injury claims may be barred in PFAS class actions, court warns
A Federal Court judge has expressed concerns about whether group members in three class actions against the Commonwealth over allegedly toxic firefighting foam will be blocked from pursuing personal injury claims related to the chemical.