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Funder’s involvement in Spotless class action settlement was ‘inappropriate’, judge finds
Class Actions 2020-12-01 5:25 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

A judge has found that a litigation funder’s involvement in settlement negotiations without the presence of the applicant’s lawyers in a shareholder class action against Spotless Group, which recently settled for $95 million, was “inappropriate”.

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FWC arbitration doesn’t doom union’s lawsuit against Airservices
Ashurst 2020-11-18 5:28 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has ruled that an arbitration proceeding before the Fair Work Commission does not doom a Federal Court lawsuit brought by the civilian air traffic controllers union against government-owned Airservices.

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Robodebt class action settles for $112M on first day of trial
Andrew Roe 2020-11-16 1:32 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The parties in a class action against the Federal Government over the controversial Robodebt scheme have reached an in principle settlement as the first day of a highly anticipated hearing was scheduled to kick off.

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Judge questions vulnerability of group members in Robodebt class action
Andrew Roe 2020-11-11 2:40 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has expressed doubts that every group member in the Robodebt class action is vulnerable, as the parties gear up for two-week trial in the high-profile case over the unlawful debt recovery method that begins Monday.

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Climate change lawsuit ‘hopelessly defective’, court told
Australian Government Solicitor 2020-11-10 2:44 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Government has critised as “hopelessly defective” a lawsuit alleging it failed to disclose the impacts of climate change to investors in sovereign bonds, and the judge overseeing the matter has also raised concerns about the case.

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Boston Scientific faces possible pelvic mesh class action
AJB Stevens 2020-10-30 12:08 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Sydney-based law firm is conducting a class action investigation into medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific’s pelvic mesh products, adding to the growing list of companies facing lawsuit by women who claim they experienced pain and other adverse symptoms due to the implants.

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Law firm investigating expanded Crown class action amid anti-money laundering probe
Class Actions 2020-10-23 10:23 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Maurice Blackburn is looking at potentially expanding its shareholder class action against Crown Resorts after it emerged at the NSW gaming authority inquiry that the casino giant may have breached anti-money laundering laws.

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CBA fined $150,000 for increasing problem gambler’s credit card limit
ASIC 2020-10-23 5:30 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been fined $150,000 after a Federal Court judge found the bank had breached the law by increasing a problem gambler’s credit card limit but that the conduct was “not systematic, deliberate or covert”.

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Judges unclear about Johnson & Johnson unit’s arguments in pelvic mesh appeal
Appeals 2020-10-23 2:57 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge due to hear a high profile appeal by Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon has expressed confusion about the grounds on which the medical device maker is challenging a landmark judgment putting it on the hook for potentially hundreds of million of dollars in damages over faulty pelvic mesh implants.

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‘You need to pick your game up’: Judge dresses down lawyer of Zarah Garde-Wilson in Google review case
Defamation 2020-10-21 1:50 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A solicitor who failed to respond to calls from the Federal Court has been criticised by a judge for filing what appeared to be a “deficient” application in a case run on behalf of gangland lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson in her bid to obtain details from Google over the identity of an online reviewer.

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