Westpac slams Shine’s ‘sales pitch’ in class action opt out notice

Alec Leopold 2020-02-21 10:21 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

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Westpac has criticised Shine Lawyers for allegedly turning a registration and opt out notice to class action members into a ‘sales pitch’ designed to book-build for the firm, saying the High Court’s recent common fund ruling forbade approval of anything designed to boost the commercial viability of a case.

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