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ASIC to go after GetSwift’s former general counsel
Class Actions 2019-03-19 7:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants to add GetSwift's former inhouse lawyer as a respondent in its enforcement action against the logistics company, as debate rages over whether a class action against the company should be postponed.
Judge calls for criteria to pick winner in competing class action battles
Class Actions 2019-03-13 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
The courts should be given express statutory power to resolve competing class actions that establishes the factors to consider when picking a winning case, a leading class action judge has said.
Judges have the power to issue common fund orders, appeals courts rule
Allens 2019-03-01 8:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Common fund orders in class actions are legal and not unconstitutional, six judges found Friday after a history-making joint sitting of two appeals courts.
GetSwift weighs bid to toss law firm from ASIC action
Class Actions 2019-03-01 1:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
GetSwift has warned it may seek an injunction blocking Johnson Winter & Slattery from acting as instructing lawyers to the corporate cop in its enforcement action against the logistics company, saying the firm provided advisory work for it last year.
Victorian Government can’t save Esso’s Bass Strait arbitration
Appeals 2019-02-20 5:59 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The Full Court of the Federal Court has shot down a bid by the Victorian Government to intervene a second time in a long-running bargaining dispute between Esso Australia and three key Australian unions over its Bass Strait offshore oil and gas operations.
‘Likely’ GetSwift class action settlement should not be delayed by High Court appeal, judge says
Appeals 2019-02-07 9:36 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
A judge won't defer the opt-out notice in a shareholder class action against GetSwift pending the High Court's decision on a special leave application to revive a competing class action, saying the sooner the case settles the better.
Ethicon loses bid for class closure order in pelvic mesh case
Class Actions 2019-02-05 9:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
The judge overseeing a class action against Ethicon over allegedly faulty pelvic mesh implants has shot down the device maker's bid for a class closure order.
Judge slams ‘extremely unhelpful’ Qantas defence in underpayment case
Ashurst 2019-02-01 11:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge has taken Qantas to task over its defence in a Fair Work case brought by the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association union over alleged underpayments to LA-based mechanics, calling the document "extremely unhelpful".  
It’s the vibe of the thing: all eyes on constitutional challenge to common fund orders
Allens 2019-02-01 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
An unprecedented joint-sitting of two appeals courts will this week hear a constitutional challenge to the power of judges to make so-called common fund orders, a challenge that could have significant ramifications for class actions even if they don't fall foul of the 'vibe of the thing'.
Class fights to use settlement evidence in Ethicon pelvic mesh case
Class Actions 2019-02-01 11:00 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A class action against Ethicon over allegedly faulty pelvic mesh implants wants introduce confidential evidence from prior settlement negotiations as it attempts to shut down the medical device maker's class closure application.