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‘Completely inadequate’: United class action solicitors panned for delays
Class Actions 2025-02-21 10:44 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has criticised a law firm for allocating only two solicitors to its class action against United Petroleum over the installation of alleged loss-making Pie Face stores. 

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Judge OKs $500K underpayments class action settlement, grills firm over fees
Class Actions 2025-02-21 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has signalled he will approve a $500,000 settlement in an underpayments class action against labour hire company Stellar Personnel, but has grilled the applicant’s law firm over costs.

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Cosmetic surgery class action faces battle over plan to drop doctor from case
Class Actions 2025-02-21 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Sydney doctor Daniel Lanzer and several of his associates over alleged botched cosmetic surgeries wants to drop its claims against one doctor, but other defendants have taken issue.

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EML wins extra time to respond to class action’s ‘new case’
Class Actions 2025-02-20 4:54 pm By Sam Matthews

Payments processing company EML has won more time to respond to a new pleading in a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns with its anti-money laundering compliance.

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Allergan may bring ‘state of the art’ defence in breast implants class action
Class Actions 2025-02-20 10:35 pm By Andy Sidler

US drug maker Allergan may defend a class action over recalled textured breast implants by arguing its knowledge of the alleged defects was limited by the state of scientific knowledge at the time the products were made.

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GM class action judge fond of cars, not fond of pleading fights
Class Actions 2025-02-20 11:50 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

GM has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden vehicles, but a judge has warned he won’t “take kindly” to pleading spats.

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Judge won’t bar case pursuing Banksia class action mastermind’s lawyers
Class Actions 2025-02-19 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A bid by Banksia Securities’ special purpose receiver to thwart planned proceedings by a group of debenture holders against lawyers for the class action funder has failed.

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WiseTech shareholder class action loses bid for early discovery
Class Actions 2025-02-19 2:53 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has declined an early bid for broad discovery in a shareholder class action against tech firm WiseTech, after hearing it would require the production of “truckloads” of irrelevant material.

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Class action fends off Clydesdale Estate liquidator’s bid to ‘destroy’ claim
Class Actions 2025-02-19 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of people who purchased off-the-plan homes in the Clydesdale Estate in north-west Sydney has won a dispute with the liquidator for the collapsed developer.

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Melbourne law firm wins bid to declass group proceeding over legal advice
Class Actions 2025-02-18 5:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has stripped a group proceeding against a Melbourne law firm of class action status, finding each of the firm’s 700 clients had “factually discrete” claims. 

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