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The judge overseeing several class actions over the alleged use of toxic foam at government military bases has appointed a special counsel to hear the Commonwealth's claims that it should be exempt for producing certain documents due to public interest immunity and legal professional privilege.
A judge has told the lead plaintiff in a class action over allegedly excessive legal fees to get their “house in order”, amid complaints by the Queensland compensation law firm at the centre of the dispute that the litigation is “costing them a fortune”.
Malaysia Airlines has reached a settlement with five Australian families whose loved ones were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian missile five years ago.
AMP is a facing a second class action for allegedly charging excessive fees on more than two million superannuation accounts, setting up another potential class action beauty pageant.
We have been told for so long that the volume of class action litigation continues to increase at a rapid rate, thus requiring significant legislative intervention, that the title of this piece may (legitimately) prompt at least some readers to check if today is the 1st of April. But this is no April Fools’ Day prank.
Facing cross claims by Pitcher Partners in two shareholder class actions alleging the accounting firm wrongly signed off on Slater & Gordon's financial reports ahead of a share price nosedive, the law firm and its ex-directors say they relied on the auditor to ensure the veracity of the statements.
Domino's Pizza says it will defend a class action filed against it on behalf of thousands of delivery drivers and in-store workers who were allegedly systemically underpaid by franchisees over a five-year period.
The Western Australian parliament will this week introduce a new class actions regime modelled on the federal scheme, in a move the state Attorney-General says will enhance access to justice and improve efficiency.
Dairy supplier Murray Goulburn has agreed to pay $42 million to settle one of two shareholder class actions over a 2016 profit forecast revision that sent the co-op's unit price falling more than 40 per cent in five days.