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CIMIC Group unit hit with underpayments class action
Engineering company UGL Limited is facing an employment class action on behalf of casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers who were allegedly underpaid for over three years.
Avoiding ‘dangers’ of GetSwift approach, judge will jointly hear class actions over Slater & Gordon advice
The judge overseeing two class actions over legal and accounting advice given ahead of Slater & Gordon's disastrous Quindell acquisition has said he will hear the cases together, citing the "dangers" of the approach taken in litigation against GetSwift, which resulted in a judge being ordered to step down.
Johnson & Johnson unit loses high-stakes appeal in pelvic mesh class action
The Full Federal Court has tossed an appeal by Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon challenging a landmark decision that put it on the hook for paying damages to 10,000 women who suffered injury through defects in its prolapse mesh and incontinence tape implants.
GetSwift wins appeal bid to disqualify judge from class action
GetSwift has triumphed in its bid to disqualify a judge who refused to recuse himself from hearing a shareholder class action against the logistics software company after presiding over ASIC's civil penalty proceeding against the company.
Judge knocks prominence of cross-claims in notice to Tandem class action members
An opt out notice proposed to be given to group members in an underpayment class action against a unit of labour hire firm Tandem has been criticised by a judge as skewed to details of their exposure to cross-claims by the company.
Applicant, funder must foot the bill for slew of cross-claims in dropped Pitcher Partners class action
A judge has found the lead applicant and funder in a discontinued class action against Pitcher Partners over its auditing of Slater & Gordon must pay the bill for the flurry of cross-claims brought in the proceeding, but has rejecting the accounting firm's argument that its costs should be paid on an indemnity basis.
Andrews government to seek quick end to COVID-19 class actions
The Victorian government will argue for summary dismissal of two class actions filed over the bungled COVID-19 hotel quarantine program said to be responsible for the state's second pandemic wave last year.
Law firms await beauty tips as High Court set to rule on competing class actions
The High Court has set a date for handing down its keenly anticipated judgment in a case that challenged the winner of a beauty contest of class actions against AMP, a decision expected to offer guidance on how courts should tackle the so-called multiplicity problem.
Judge ‘not following’ government’s argument backing coal expansion in climate class action
The Federal Government has argued a class action against the expansion of a northern NSW mine has "conspicuously failed" to show that the emissions would contribute to "catastrophic harm", but a judge has questioned the Commonwealth's contention that other countries would be responsible for the emissions.
Boston Scientific hit with pelvic mesh class action
Medical device giant Boston Scientific faces a class action on behalf of women who allege they suffered debilitating injuries from the company's pelvic mesh products.