A judge has warned against a franchisee class action against Hogs Breath Cafe Australia remaining in limbo after the restaurant chain’s bid to toss the case was set back by the second applicant’s poor health.
A judge has approved a $1 million settlement in a shareholder class action against failed tech start-up GetSwift that leaves the law firm running the matter taking a “massive haircut” and the funder $5.5 million out of pocket.
A $1.5 million class action settlement against failed logistics provider GetSwift, which a judge termed a “disaster”, has been revised down to $1 million and may face a liquidators’ challenge that could see a group members recover nothing.
Liquidators of failed tech company GetSwift have foreshadowed an objection to a $1.5 million settlement going to shareholders in a class action that a judge has labelled a “disaster”.
A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against the now failed GetSwift has urged the applicant to decide soon if he will forge ahead with a problematic settlement, seek summary judgment or wait to see what comes of the parent company’s bankruptcy case.
A judge has suggested that financial services giant AMP bring an application for summary dismissal of part of a class action over allegedly excessive insurance premiums, questioning the basis for the claims.
Car dealers bringing a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model have won access to board meeting minutes and related correspondence sent to the company’s top brass.
Car dealers bringing a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model are seeking to access legal advice given to the car manufacturer on non-renewal notices at the heart of the case.
A court has directed a senior barrister acting in a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz to “tear up” a letter his instructing solicitors sent concerning the judge’s ownership of a Mercedes vehicle, and said he was “surprised” the counsel signed off on it.
Mercedes can’t access communications between Australia’s peak body for car dealers and a Labor senator to use in its defence of a $650 million lawsuit over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.