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Junior doctors win first underpayments class action
Class Actions 2023-08-11 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Junior doctors have notched an important victory in a class action alleging Peninsula Health failed to pay overtime hours, with a judge finding the healthcare provider liable to pay for overtime that was not expressly authorised.

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PwC partner wins lawsuit over forced departure
Company Giles 2023-08-11 10:47 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has won his lawsuit against the professional services firm over his forced dismissal, with a judge finding the decision breached a partnership agreement and that the firm had acknowledged the partner did not misuse confidential ATO information.

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AMP sets aside $50M for BOLR class action as it mulls appeal
AMP 2023-08-10 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP has set aside $50 million in its financial statement for the first half of 2023 to cover potential liability in a class action won last month by financial advisers over the wealth manager’s buyer of last resort policy.

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Judge rejects latest pleading in plastic surgery class action
Angus Christophersen 2023-08-10 10:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has directed a class action on behalf of 1,000 patients of Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates to have another go at articulating claims that Lanzer’s clinic should be liable for allegedly ‘horrific’ complications. 

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Hyundai, Kia class actions transfer bid should precede beauty parade: courts
Automotive 2023-08-10 2:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Two courts have ruled that in competing class actions against Hyundai and Kia over allegedly faulty anti-lock braking systems, a plaintiff’s bid to transfer one of the cases from Victoria to the Federal Court should precede a carriage fight, deeming it the “straightforward” option. 

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Facing new indictment over hotel quarantine, Victoria wants class action defence kept secret
Adam Hochroth 2023-08-10 2:36 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The state of Victoria is making a bid to suppress its defence in a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine fiasco, as it faces a “substantially altered” indictment in a related criminal proceeding.

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Penalty privilege can’t be used to dodge production of books
Corporate 2023-08-10 12:49 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has found that penalty privilege cannot be used to avoid the production of books under the Corporation Act.

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Dispute over barrister’s fee estimates goes to High Court
Appeals 2023-08-09 10:00 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A barrister is taking a dispute over his $320,000 bill to the High Court, but a judge has cast doubt on the appeal’s prospects of success.

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GCO gives AAI class action members ‘simplicity, transparency’: judge
Class Actions 2023-08-09 3:03 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has signed off on a 25 per cent group costs order in a class action against Suncorp subsidiary AAI, after accepting that the back-up plan of law firm Maurice Blackburn was not artificially uncertain.

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Class action wants Deloitte report into Optus data breach
Ashurst 2023-08-09 1:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action against Optus over a cyberattack that left the data of up to 10 million customers exposed is seeking access to an independent report prepared by Deloitte into the causes of the hack.

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