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Takata airbags class actions confirm landmark challenge to class closure order
Allens 2019-12-17 10:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

The applicants in a group of class actions over defective Takata airbags are pushing ahead with a challenge to the power of the NSW Supreme Court to issue class closure orders in the aftermath of a High Court decision shooting down common fund orders, a fight that could send the cases back to the High Court. 

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VW class action judge frowns on bid for common fund order
ACCC 2019-12-11 11:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing the settlement approval process in multiple class actions against Volkswagen over the diesel emissions scandal has criticised an application for a common fund order by the funder backing two Bannister Law-led lawsuits.

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‘Time for commercial reality to bite’: Judge orders class closure in Takata air bags class actions
Allens 2019-11-01 3:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing seven class actions against some of the world’s largest car makers over defective Takata airbags has ordered that class closure take place in advance of mediation, saying it was “time…for commercial reality to bite”.

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Judge ‘outraged’ by terms of ACCC’s $75M dieselgate settlement with VW
Australian Government Solicitor 2019-10-16 8:41 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge is considering whether he can increase a record $75 million civil penalty settlement reached by Volkswagen and the ACCC over the dieselgate scandal, after saying the people of Australia would be “upset” if they knew about some of the “outrageous” terms to which the consumer watchdog had agreed.

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Court of Appeal tosses Quinn Emanuel challenge to AMP beauty parade loss
Adam Hochroth 2019-10-08 4:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

A challenge by Quinn Emanuel to a NSW Supreme Court decision staying its shareholder class action against AMP has been unanimously dismissed by the Court of Appeal, which found the class action beauty contest was not decided in error and that subsequently filed representative proceedings were not an abuse of process.

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Court signs off on AMP’s new remediation program in ASIC insurance churn case
AMP 2019-10-01 8:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has given the thumbs up to AMP’s new program to identify and compensate victims of so-called insurance churning by its financial planning arm after inadequacies were revealed in the original scheme.

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VW reaches in-principle dieselgate agreement with ACCC
Adam Hochroth 2019-09-23 2:10 pm By Amelia Birnie

Volkswagen is nearing the end of the road in the dieselgate scandal in Australia, as the car company agrees to an in-principle resoltion of enforcement action by the ACCC while also finalising the details of the settlement of five class actions worth up to $127 million.

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‘That’s something that happens in Victoria’: NSW judge hesitant to reallocate VW class actions settlement approval
Adam Hochroth 2019-09-16 10:22 pm By Amelia Birnie

The judge overseeing multiple class actions against Volkswagen over its dieselgate emissions scandal has said he will “need persuading” before reallocating the settlement approval to a different judge, because “that’s something that happens in Victoria”.

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Bannister Law told to pipe down from ‘back of the bus’ in VW dieselgate class actions settlement
Adam Hochroth 2019-09-16 10:15 pm By Amelia Birnie

Boutique class action firm Bannister Law has been told “not to make too much noise” from its spot at “the back of the bus” in the VW dieselgate class actions, after its legal team flagged its intention to try and expedite the $127.1 million settlement approval process.

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VW settles landmark dieselgate class actions for up to $127M
Adam Hochroth 2019-09-16 10:28 am By Amelia Birnie

After four years of litigation, the Volkswagen diesel emissions class actions have reached an in-principle settlement of up to $127.1 million, with affected consumers expected to receive $1,400 per vehicle on average if 100 per cent participation is achieved.

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