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Silk asked to appear in video opt-out notice to confused members in Aveo class action
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-10-27 5:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to approve an amended opt-out notice featuring a video from a silk further explaining a “confusing” opt-out notice sent to group members in a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group that has led to 400 opt-outs.

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‘Best that can be done’: Judge OK’s ‘modest’ $33M Suncorp settlement
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-10-27 3:03 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has given his blessing to a settlement that will see only $14 million of its headline $33 million figure go to super members, despite finding the modest return was “far short of the maximum potential recovery” in the case.

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Noumi class action lawyers won’t commit to 22% rate in GCO bid
Alistair Pound 2022-10-26 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Two class action firms have refused to provide an undertaking that would fix the rate of their contingency fee in a consolidated shareholder class action against food company Noumi and auditor Deloitte over $590 million in accounting irregularities.

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Retail Food Group files bid to quash franchisee class action
ACCC 2022-10-14 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Retail Food Group has filed an application to shut down a class action by former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain who claim to have suffered losses stemming from changes to the franchise giant’s supply chain in 2015 and 2016.

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In loss for ATO, judge rules Liberty Financial schemes were not ‘artificial or contrived’
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-09-19 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered that part of a decision by the Australian Taxation Office over three alleged schemes by Liberty Financial to obtain tax benefits be set aside, rejecting arguments that the corporate group’s operations were “artificial or contrived”.

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Aveo class action members facing novel funding order protected by court, judge says
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-09-13 12:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved an opt-out notice in a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group that advises of a proposed application for a controversial funding order that would put a lien on some group members homes.

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ACCC appeals ruling on Retail Food Group sample stores
ACCC 2022-09-09 12:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appealed a judgment that found its case alleging Retail Foods Group misled franchisees should be run using a sample of stores.

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Retail Food Group tries to shut down franchisee class action
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-09-08 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Retail Food Group wants to shut down a class action brought on behalf of current and former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain who claim to have suffered losses stemming from changes to the franchise giant’s supply chain in 2015 and 2016.

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Over ‘intransigent’ ACCC, judge says Retail Food Group case can be decided with store sample
ACCC 2022-08-19 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that the ACCC’s case alleging Retail Food Group misled franchisees be run on a sample basis, saying the regulator’s opposition to the idea “smacks of a lack of confidence in its own case.”

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‘If they were my clients I’d advise them to opt out’, barrister tells Aveo class action judge
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-08-09 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

The first ever amicus appointed in a fight over the wording of an opt out notice in a class action has told a court a proposed novel funding model in a case against retirement home provider Aveo Group could be a “nightmare scenario” for certain group members.

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