The federal government has hit back at a class action over an outbreak of white spot disease in South-East Queensland that decimated the commercial prawn industry, pointing the finger at several importers and saying farmers failed to mitigate their own losses.
Aged care provider Anglicare has hit back at a class action filed on behalf of 25 people whose loved ones died during a COVID-19 outbreak at the Newmarch House in Sydney, saying it owed no duty of care to prevent mental harm to its residents’ family members.
Subcontractor Ventia Utility Services had lost its bid to recover $5.6 million in alleged overpayments to class action group members from co-defendant Western Power, after its liability was reduced on appeal in a representative proceeding over the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.
Aldi is seeking to have a class action alleging it systematically underpaid workers across Australia to the tune of $150 million summarily dismissed, after claiming it was served with a “bad pleading”.
International law firm HFW has lured a team of eight lawyers from Clyde & Co, led by a partner known for his litigation funding practice.
The country’s most experienced class action law firm won two and lost two in last year’s beauty parades before the courts, showing track record is not everything when it comes to winning carriage of cases and that picking the winner can be a tricky business. From line-ball decisions to law firm team-ups and the lowest contingency fee order yet, here’s how 2023’s class action contests went down.
Property developer Green Capital and Lake Macquarie City council are facing a class action seeking compensation for homeowners in a Newcastle suburb over properties that are allegedly sinking into the ground and have been “injuriously affected in value”.
Over three years into a class action against failed asset finance lender Axsesstoday and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers over a $50 million prospectus, the applicant has won the green light to add four insurers to the case.
The High Court has been asked to hear another case dealing with how reduction in value damages should be calculated under the Australian Consumer Law, with Ford arguing its appeal should be heard alongside two appeals in a class action against Toyota which the High Court has already agreed to take up.
A law firm is mulling a class action against Toyota over paint on certain Corolla models that allegedly peeled when exposed to sunlight or ultraviolet light, in alleged breach of the acceptable quality guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law.