Judge baulks at law firm’s $13.8M bill in settled Woolworths class action
Article 2021-05-20 9:24 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
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A judge has refused to sign off on $13.8 million in fees sought by law firm Maurice Blackburn as part of a $44.5 million settlement in a class action against Woolworths, saying the amount was “intuitively out of the range” of what was a reasonable legal bill for the case.

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