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A judge has ruled a class action on behalf of First Nations people in NSW whose children were allegedly unlawfully removed can bring a claim alleging group members were treated unfairly because of their race.
A judge says a shareholder class action against IAG can add a new damages claim, despite the insurer arguing it was untethered from any contravention and “clearly bad in law”.
Women who work for Fortescue Mining face systemic sexual harassment, gender discrimination and hostile workplace environments, according to a new class action, the third against a mining giant.
A shareholder class action has won access to reports by FTI Consulting and KPMG that were commissioned by water remediation company Phoslock, with a judge finding they were not created for the dominant purpose of providing legal advice.
Engineering services firm Worley has taken last month's landmark loss in a shareholder class action to the High Court, challenging the Full Federal Court's embrace of market-based causation and its adoption of the facilitation principle.
Google has hit back at a class action alleging it abused its dominance in the digital advertising market, saying that publishers are able to, and often do, develop their own ad tech tools or rely on competing third-party solutions.
A judge has shot down a bid to add a negligence claim to a class action on behalf of Queensland motorists over allegedly excessive toll charges, finding allegations the government owed a duty of care were likely to be struck out.
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A judge has shot down a bid to add a negligence claim to a class action on behalf of Queensland motorists over allegedly excessive toll charges, finding allegations the government owed a duty of care were likely to be struck out.
A judge has approved a $550 million settlement in a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme but has halved a funder’s payout to $35 million, despite arguments that it was unprecedented to award a single digit percentage commission.
The funder that backed a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme, which settled for a record $548.5 million, is seeking a $71 million commission, but a contradictor has told the court a $23 million cut will suffice.