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Queensland flood class can add evidence after ‘trial by ambush’
Class Actions 2018-12-04 1:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge overseeing the marathon hearing in the class action over the 2011 Queensland floods has allowed the lead applicant to submit further evidence after it claimed defendant Seqwater engaged in “trial by ambush”.

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CBA open to consolidation of dual class actions
Class Actions 2018-12-04 12:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is open to a proposal to consolidate two shareholder class actions filed over alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws, but will address any “devil in the details”, a lawyer for the bank told a court Tuesday.

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Ernst & Young says previous Quintis auditor should share any blame
Class Actions 2018-12-03 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting giant Ernst & Young, which is accused in a class action of misleading and deceptive conduct in signing off on the 2015 and 2016 financial reports of sandalwood producer Quintis, has named the company’s previous auditor as partly to blame in any finding of liability.

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Shareholder cases account for 50% of new class actions, report says
Class Actions 2018-11-30 10:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shareholder cases made up half of all class actions filed in the past two years, and are to blame for an “unprecedented spike” in class actions, according to a new report by a leading defence law firm.

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MacMahon shareholders to get 36% of $6.7M class action settlement
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-11-30 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shareholders who registered for a class action against mining company MacMahon Holdings will get a $2.4 million cut of a proposed $6.7 million settlement, according to a notice sent to group members ahead of next week’s settlement approval hearing.

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Black Saturday payout report shows class actions working, expert says
Analysis 2018-11-29 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

A lingering dispute with the tax office remains, but the distribution of the record $795 million Black Saturday class actions settlement is substantially complete, according to a report out this week, and the proceedings, by the measure of at least one expert, show why the class action system in Australia is working.

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Class action says CoreStaff lured workers to Australia with misleading job offers
Class Actions 2018-11-28 10:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Labour on-hire and recruitment company CoreStaff is facing a class action alleging it violated the consumer laws by luring workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea with the promise of long-term work, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they relocated.

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Uber faces largest class action in Australian history
Class Actions 2018-11-28 3:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers said Wednesday it is expanding its class action against Uber, with the firm saying the total claim against the US ride-sharing company would likely dwarf any class action recovery in Australia’s history.

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Funders’ cut won’t exceed 25% in Spotless class action
Class Actions 2018-11-27 3:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

The two funders paying for a shareholder class action against facility services company Spotless Group want 25 percent of any net settlement or judgment in the case, a rate that mirrors the commission approved in a common fund order now at the centre of a constitutional challenge.

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Quinn’s fees, funder’s cut slashed in Bank of Queensland class action settlement
Class Actions 2018-11-26 10:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has taken a hatchet to Quinn Emanuel’s fees and the funder’s cut in a $12 million settlement of a class action against Bank of Queensland, a settlement which he previously described as one of the “worst” he’d ever seen.

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