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Government can’t cut ‘stolen’ from notice about stolen wages class action
Alexander Edwards 2021-09-28 5:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

While acknowledging it was a ‘loaded’ word, a judge has rejected a bid by the federal government to edit out the word ‘stolen’ from a notice to members of the third stolen wages class action brought by Shine Lawyers.

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CBA unit faces penalty for misleading superannuation members
ASIC 2021-09-08 2:25 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Commonwealth Bank of Australia unit Colonial First State Investments is facing penalties after the Federal Court found it misled its customers about their rights and obligations relating to the MySuper reforms passed by the federal government in 2012.

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Aveo class action judge tells parties to stop ‘stalling’ as he rules against loss hearing
Adam Bell 2021-09-02 2:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has questioned why a class action against Aveo Group has “stalled” after tossing the retirement home provider’s bid to determine group members’ loss in a preliminary hearing, saying the questions in the case could not be “neatly separated”.

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Judge wary of deciding ‘hypothetical’ loss question in Aveo class action
Adam Bell 2021-08-31 7:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Retirement home provider Aveo Group, which is facing a class action by residents, wants a court to determine group members’ loss in a preliminary hearing, but a judge has questioned whether he is barred from deciding the “hypothetical” question.

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Domino’s class action reluctant to be class closure ‘guinea pig’
Class Actions 2021-08-30 3:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has again suggested the Full Court should weigh in on whether the court has the power to make class closure orders, but the barrister for the applicant in an underpayments class action against Domino’s Pizza told the judge her client may not want to be the test case.

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Worley budget adjustments were ‘drop in the ocean’, Full Court hears in class action appeal
ACA Lawyers 2021-08-17 10:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Worley’s increases to a budget behind an allegedly misleading 2014 earning guidance, amounting to $1.14 million, were a “drop in the ocean”, the Full Court has heard as shareholders seek to revive a failed class action against the engineering company.

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Shareholders looking to revive class action say Worley pursued ‘growth stock’ ambitions over accuracy
ACA Lawyers 2021-08-16 9:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Worley crafted the budget behind an allegedly misleading 2014 earnings guidance so that its shares could be rated as a “growth stock”, the Full Court has heard as shareholders seek to revive a failed class action against the engineering company.

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IOOF may face new misconduct allegations in shareholder class action
Caspar Conde 2021-08-09 10:20 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The applicant in a shareholder class action against IOOF wants to add ten new misconduct allegations, including that a relative of a former executive made $69,000 by offloading shares.

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Crown class action over Chinese arrests can’t block SkyCity share price evidence
Class Actions 2021-08-09 5:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

SkyCity’s announcement to shareholders about an employee’s interrogation by Chinese gambling authorities made little difference to the NZ casino operator’s share price, Crown Resorts has told a court in expert evidence ahead of a looming class action trial.

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Brambles class action ‘sidesteps’ challenge to landmark class closure ruling, judge says
Allens 2021-08-05 9:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has said the applicant in a class action against Brambles has “side-stepped” a challenge to a landmark class closure ruling that found there was no statutory power to shut out unregistered class action members, a decision that he said had “bedevilled” the courts.

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