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Bank of Queensland loses fight with insurer over $6M class action settlement
Class Actions 2018-11-07 10:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bank of Queensland has lost a dispute with two insurers over coverage for a $6 million settlement of a class action brought by investors in a Ponzi scheme by jailed scammer Bradley Sherwin, with a judge shooting down the bank’s argument that the class action should only be considered one claim under the policy.

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Surfstitch class action settlement in peril as debate rages over opt-out notice
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2018-11-01 8:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

Judges do not have the power to approve a class action settlement without first issuing an opt-out notice to group members, the court-appointed contradictor in two shareholder class actions against online fashion retailer Surfstitch told the NSW Supreme Court Thursday.

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Surfstitch shareholders get hands on ASIC transcripts
Article 2018-07-26 10:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Investors in a class action against failed online retailer Surfstitch Group won access Thursday to transcripts of interviews of former boss Justin Cameron by the corporate watchdog.

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Ex-Bellamy’s boss loses $1.2M share dispute
Allens 2018-07-26 7:22 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former CEO of organic baby food producer Bellamy’s Australia has lost a legal battle over $1.2 million in options she claimed she was owed as part of a long-term financial incentives scheme.

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AMP class action lawyers agree to ceasefire in jurisdictional war
Article 2018-07-13 8:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lawyers in the turf war over five competing AMP class actions have agreed to a temporary peace accord after the battleground edged close to the realm of the absurd, with a threatened anti-anti suit injunction being met with calls for an anti-anti-anti suit injunction.

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Lawyer fooled by conman Peter Foster’s “psychological brilliance”, court hears
Article 2018-07-12 10:45 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Sydney lawyer accused in a class action of conspiring with notorious conman Peter Foster in a fraudulent sports betting scheme that left investors $29 million out of pocket was taken in by Foster’s “psychological brilliance”, her barrister told a court Thursday.

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AMP class action turf war escalates with threat of anti-anti suit injunction
Chief Justice James Allsop 2018-07-11 11:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

The law firm behind one of four AMP class actions in Federal Court might call for an anti-anti-suit injunction in response to a threat by a NSW Supreme Court judge to block the actions from proceeding in favour of the lone case filed against the wealth manager in state court.

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Former CEO sues Bellamy’s in $1.2M share dispute
Allens 2018-07-09 9:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former CEO of organic baby food producer Bellamy’s Australia has sued her old employer over $1.2 million in options allegedly owed as part of a long-term financial incentives scheme.

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AMP judge won’t move state class action to Federal Court
Class Actions 2018-07-09 4:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

A NSW Supreme Court judge refused Monday to move one of five class actions filed against AMP to Federal Court, and invited law firms for the other four actions to join the case in the state court.

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Judge fears tying Federal Court’s hands in AMP class action battle
Cameron Moore 2018-06-28 8:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

A NSW Supreme Court judge has voiced concerns in an unprecedented jurisdictional battle that a decision that leaves competing class actions against AMP still raging in separate courts may force the Federal Court into a corner.

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