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7-Eleven class action judge OKs $2.25M in costs of settlement approval argument
A judge overseeing two 7-Eleven class actions has signed off on $2.25 million in costs incurred by the funder and lawyers in their pitched battle to win approval for the terms of a $98 million settlement, which included deductions of more than $44 million to cover commission and fees.
7-Eleven class action funder to appeal denial of CFO
A judge has approved a $12 million payment to the funder of two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven, even as the funder plans to appeal a decision rejecting its bid for a common fund order for a $24.5 million commission.
7-Eleven class action judge says CFOs never available, slashes funder’s payout
The High Court killed off all common fund orders, not just the kind sought at the start of a class action, a judge has said as he cut in half the payout for a litigation funder bankrolling two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven.
Law firm’s $16.6M payday OK’d over 7-Eleven class action contradictor’s protests
A judge has blessed a law firm’s $16.6 million legal bill for running two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven despite a contradictor’s argument that it had a “troubling” practice of deferring its fees to benefit the funder that bankrolled the cases. 
7-Eleven class action funder wins first-ever interim payment from settlement
A judge has granted a litigation funder for two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven an interim payment to cover its costs ahead of a ruling on how much it can pocket from a $98 million settlement.
‘Grave concerns’ raised by contradictor about 7-Eleven class action lawyer’s comments
The contradictor appointed to represent group members in an application for approval of a $98 million settlement of two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven has raised "grave concerns" about criticism by the senior partner of the law firm running the proceedings.
‘Not a shred of evidence’: Judge questions appeal in HWL Ebsworth negligence suit
A judge has questioned property developer PPK Group's challenge to the dismissal of its long-running negligence case against HWL Ebsworth over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned land in Sydney.
Developer PPK Group appeals defeat in HWL Ebsworth negligence suit
Property developer PPK Group is challenging the dismissal of its long-running negligence case against law firm HWL Ebsworth over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land.
HWL Ebsworth defeats negligence lawsuit over Sydney land tender
HWL Ebsworth has successfully defended a negligence lawsuit over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land to property developer PPK Group, with a court finding that the developer was actually "better off" because of the transaction.
Judge appoints receiver, not liquidator to hotel to avoid COVID-19 misunderstanding
To avoid a creditor panic in the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, the NSW Supreme Court has appointed a receiver instead of a liquidator to a rural hotel that is the centre of a deadlocked shareholder dispute over more than $2.7 million.