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NT can’t keep settlement sum secret in detention centre class action
Chief Justice Debra Mortimer 2021-07-26 6:48 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has agreed to temporarily suppress publication of a deed of settlement in a class action against the Northern Territory by youth detainees but ruled disclosure of the settlement sum is in the interests of justice and should not be kept secret.

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CBA class action applicant can’t share in group members’ privilege, court finds
Alexandra Folie 2021-07-27 6:10 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The lead applicant in a class action against CBA does not have the right to view fund management documents relevant to the case despite representing group members who share joint privilege with the bank over material, a judge has said, acknowledging the decision could create difficulties in class action proceedings.

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3A Composites fires off barrage of cross-claims in cladding class action
Adam Hochroth 2021-07-23 6:51 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The number of lawyers involved in a class action against 3A Composites over allegedly combustible cladding is set to balloon, with the German cladding manufacturer lobbing cross-claims against nine different parties.

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Law firm Levitt Robinson agrees to take down Google ads for Aveo class action
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2021-07-23 2:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Law firm Levitt Robinson has agreed to remove a series of Google ads promoting a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group on behalf of residents over changes to the terms on which they could re-sell their units.

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Linchpin liquidators get final chance to defend class action
ASIC 2021-07-23 2:14 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has given the liquidators of Linchpin Capital a final chance to defend a shareholder class action before judgment is made against the collapsed financial services group and one of its subsidiaries.

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Class action firm wants to intervene in FWO’s ‘entirely misconceived’ case against Woolworths
Adero Law 2021-07-22 3:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Employment class action law firm Adero Law is seeking to intervene in the Fair Work Ombudsman’s action against Woolworths, saying the “misconceived” proceedings have disrupted mediation in a class action against the supermarket chain for which 3,000 employees have registered.

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Judge lets two Boral class actions run, but warns about potential lawyer conflicts
Boral 2021-07-21 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has denied a law firm’s bid to stay a rival’s closed shareholder class action against construction giant Boral but warned courts must be alive to the potential for conflicts where lawyers stand to reap “very significant financial awards” from class action proceedings.

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‘The gullible are not disentitled to protection’: Lawyer loses sports betting class action appeal
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2021-07-21 7:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Sydney lawyer Leigh Johnson has lost her appeal in a class action launched by investors who allegedly sank $12.3 million into a fraudulent sports betting scheme run by convicted conman Peter Foster.

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QBE wins appeal in Opal Tower coverage row with Icon, but no success for Liberty
Appeals 2021-07-21 6:04 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Full Federal Court has found that Liberty Mutual Insurance, but not QBE, is required to cover Icon Construction’s losses stemming from the Opal Tower disaster, which has caused the builder $31 million in losses.

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Despite ‘serious misjudgments’ Levitt Robinson head dodges personal costs
Alexander Vial 2021-07-21 2:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The head of law firm Levitt Robinson has avoided being personally hit with costs in a franchisee’s lawsuit against failed restaurant chain Fogo Brazilia, despite a judge finding he made “serious misjudgments” in his handling of the case.

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