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Tandem enters administration, scuttling $400M sham contracting class action
Brendan Avallone 2021-07-07 9:02 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A $400 million class action brought by Shine Lawyers against a major Telstra and Foxtel contractor will be stayed after the company was placed into administration three months out from trial.

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Judge orders tweak to CBA insurance rort class action
Allens 2021-06-22 5:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The lead applicants in a class action against two CBA units over allegedly excessive insurance premiums have been ordered to amend their pleadings to expand the group definition and add more detail to their claims.

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AMP launches bid to declass excessive insurance class action
AMP 2021-06-18 12:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

AMP and a number of its financial planning subsidiaries have launched a bid to declass a group proceeding jointly run by Piper Alderman and Shine Lawyers over allegedly excessive insurance premiums.

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EML Payments faces second class action probe over money laundering controls
Class Actions 2021-06-16 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Payments processing company EML is looking at two potential shareholder class actions over its alleged failure to notify the market of concerns by Ireland’s central bank relating to compliance with anti-money laundering regulations.

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Law firm launches third stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2021-06-11 2:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A class action has been filed against the federal government on behalf of First Nations people in the Northern Territory who were allegedly denied wages owed for work performed over a nearly 40-year period.

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EML Payments faces potential class action over money laundering risk disclosures
Class Actions 2021-06-03 11:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Payments processing company EML is the target of a shareholder class action investigation over its alleged failure to timely alert the market to concerns about its money laundering risk and control systems.

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Shine’s Joshua Aylward makes mark representing the town that ‘felt forgotten’
Class Actions 2021-05-31 1:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Shine Lawyers practice leader Joshua Aylward knew since high school that he wanted a career that was fulfilling and would allow him to help people. He made his first foray into the law at the tender age of 19, working full-time as a law clerk in the small country town of Dalby in rural Queensland because the best way to learn was “on the job”.

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Government ordered to do ‘root and branch review’ of PFAS class action defence
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-05-28 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has ordered the federal government to file an amended defence in one of two class actions over its use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam on military bases, after being accused of lodging a deficient pleading.

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Lawyerly announces Litigation Rising Stars of 2021
Adero Law 2021-05-28 9:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Lawyerly is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural Litigation Rising Stars competition, which honours 30 lawyers under the age of 40 for their work in high-stakes litigation.

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Climate change class actions likely as court finds duty of care owed to children
Ashurst 2021-05-28 2:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Class actions are the next battleground following Thursday’s Federal Court ruling that the government owes a duty of care to protect children from the risks of climate change, according to a number of legal experts.

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