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Virgin class action a lawyers’ feast after judge joins insurers
Baker McKenzie 2023-08-22 12:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Virgin Australia has become a lawyers’ feast, with seven new firms entering the ring after a dozen insurers were joined to the action alleging the airline failed to disclose its true financial position in a $324 million capital raising prospectus.

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ASIC loses appeal in CBA conflicted remuneration case
Anna Wilson 2023-08-17 10:32 am By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has lost its challenge to findings that a revenue sharing arrangement between the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and former subsidiary Colonial First State Investments did not breach conflicted remuneration provisions of the Corporations Act.

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Deloitte’s $2.5M bill in CBA class action holds up settlement approval
CBA 2023-08-04 2:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge asked to approve a $50 million settlement in a consumer credit insurance class action against the Commonwealth Bank has questioned a $2.5 million deduction for professional services firm Deloitte.

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Slew of insurers added to Virgin bond holders class action
Aviation 2023-07-17 4:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a class action accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a $324 million capital raising prospectus has joined a dozen insurers to the proceeding, which he said had “regrettably languished”.

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Virgin class action wants DOCA indemnity clause amended to reflect ‘what creditors were told’
Aviation 2023-05-31 4:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action of bond holders accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a capital raising wants a contentious indemnity clause in the airline’s DOCA narrowed, in proceedings a judge has said “increasingly resemble a farce”.

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Slew of insurers targeted in Virgin bond holders class action
Class Actions 2023-02-24 4:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising is seeking to join a slew of the airline’s insurers to the case.

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Full Court urged to toss ASIC’s ‘fatal’ appeal in CBA conflicted remuneration case
Anna Wilson 2023-02-22 5:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has urged the Full Court to toss ASIC’s challenge to a decision dismissing its conflicted remuneration case over the bank’s sale of its Essential Super product, saying the appeal suffered from “fatal” flaws.

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‘Banks aren’t perfect’: Judge tosses ASIC’s case against CBA over monthly account fees
ASIC 2022-11-29 4:50 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has lost a case accusing the Commonwealth Bank of Australia of hitting customers with $55 million in unauthorised fees, with a judge finding that nearly 1 million customers charged the fees should have known that even banks “sometimes make mistakes”.

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Virgin’s insurers may be pulled into bond holders class action
Aviation 2022-11-08 4:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Virgin Australia’s insurers may be dragged into a class action accusing the airline of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising.

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ASIC appeals loss in conflicted remuneration case against CBA
Anna Wilson 2022-10-26 5:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed an appeal after a judge dismissed its case alleging the Commonwealth Bank of Australia accepted conflicted remuneration through the sale of its Essential Super product, finding it was “misconceived”.

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