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Group members guaranteed 72.5% cut in Crown Resorts class action

A judge has approved a group costs order with a tiered contingency fee that will guarantee group members at least 72.5 per cent of any returns in a shareholder class action accusing Crown Resorts of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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Westpac can’t keep lid on total premiums paid in ‘junk’ insurance class actions

Westpac has lost a bid to keep group members in the dark about the premiums paid for allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, information the bank said could inflate expectations about settlements worth $126 million reached in three class actions.

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Judge asks if tiered contingency fee ‘meaningless’ in Crown class action

A judge has questioned a tiered contingency fee arrangement in a proposed group costs order by the law firm running a shareholder class action against Crown, asking whether the lower-end percentages were “meaningless”.

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Westpac opposes ‘premature’ notice of $126M class action settlement

Westpac has objected to several proposed notices going out to group members in a class action over ‘junk’ consumer credit insurance, which three of the Big Four banks have agreed to pay $126 million to settle.

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Crown loses bid for contradictor to fight GCO application in class action

A judge has rejected Crown Resort’s bid to appoint a contradictor to fight a group costs order being sought in a shareholder class action accusing the casino giant of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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High Court ends BHP’s campaign to exclude foreign investors from class action

BHP Group has lost its High Court battle to keep foreign investors from an Australian shareholder class action over the devastating collapse of a Brazilian dam.

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Paltry pay day for IPO Wealth investors as $5.6M class action settlement approved

Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund have clawed back only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses after a judge approved a settlement in a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled unit holders.

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‘Blood out of a stone’: Class action settlement no big pay day for IPO Wealth investors

Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund are set to recoup only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses in a best-case settlement of a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled unit holders.

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Crown wants contradictor to fight class action’s GCO application

Crown Resorts has asked the court to appoint a contradictor to fight against a group costs order sought in shareholder class action accusing the casino giant of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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Trial judge in Brambles class action questions long-term financial forecasts

A judge overseeing the trial in a shareholder class action against chain logistics company Brambles has questioned the company’s use of long-term financial forecasts.

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