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Tandem gets OK to file rare class action cross-claims against group members
Catherine Button 2021-02-09 3:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has allowed a unit of recruitment firm Tandem to file cross-claims against individual group members in an underpayment class action, in a rare move that may spark important changes in representative proceedings.

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‘Completely futile’: ASIC resists mediation push from judge concerned about cost of IOOF trial
ASIC 2021-02-08 12:25 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

A judge has ordered ASIC to enter mediation before heading into a “very expensive” trial with an IOOF subsidiary accused of giving shonky advice, over objections from the regulator that mediation would be “completely futile”.

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‘Risky, illiquid and speculative’: Class action launched over Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Fund
Class Actions 2020-12-14 1:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

A class action has been filed against the trustee and responsible entity of the Mayfair Group’s IPO Wealth Fund, which was wound up in September after $86 million of investor funds were lost.

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Tandem unit’s bid to shut down sham contracting class action fails again
Brendan Avallone 2020-11-30 2:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

A unit of telecommunications contractor Tandem has lost an appeal in its fight over the validity of a sham contracting class action by technicians alleging they were misclassified as contractors and wrongly denied benefits.

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‘Solicitors love them’: Judge rails against discovery ‘tsunami’ in class actions
Catherine Button 2020-10-15 11:47 am By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing a class action against Westpac over superannuation fees has criticised costly discovery processes that produce a “tsunami of material”, most of which is never used at trial.

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IOOF unit can’t stop ASIC from using royal commission evidence
ANZ 2020-09-07 6:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

An IOOF subsidiary sued over “bad advice” has failed in its bid to stop ASIC from using documents from the banking royal commission as evidence in the case, with a judge saying the company had already provided the material to the financial watchdog without objection.

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BHP can’t pause shareholder class action over Brazil dam failure
Alistair Pound 2020-03-18 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP has failed in a bid to shut down a class action over the Fundao dam failure pending criminal proceedings in Brazil, with a judge ruling the mining giant would not be prejudiced if the case proceeded for now.

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Hewlett-Packard could not cap commissions at ‘whim’, owes ex-sales rep $370,000, court says
Associate Justice Verity McWilliam 2020-02-04 7:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

IT giant Hewlett-Packard Australia has been ordered to pay over $370,000 in unpaid commissions to a former sales executive after a court found the company could not change its incentives “arbitrarily, capriciously or unreasonably”.

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Judge tells AMP units to cooperate in superannuation class action
AMP 2019-12-18 7:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge overseeing a consolidated class action against four AMP subsidiaries and two trustees over allegedly excessive superannuation fees has ordered the respondents to coordinate after the lead applicants raised concerns about duplication of work.

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Westpac responds to class action, says members benefited from ‘high’ super fees
Class Actions 2019-11-26 2:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two Westpac units have defended their choice to charge higher superannuation fees, saying in their responses to a Slater and Gordon class action that customers received numerous positive benefits in exchange for the charges.

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