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Judge slashes law firm’s costs in $10.5M bushfire class action settlement
Agriculture 2020-08-24 5:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge has signed off on a $10.5 million settlement in a class action over the 2015 Scotsburn bushfire in Victoria, but slashed the costs of the law firm that brought the case by over $1 million.
Cladding class action applicant has $5.8M claim against Fairview, court hears
Class Actions 2020-08-20 4:08 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney
The second meeting of creditors of embattled cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural has been pushed back to give administrators more time to work out what is in the best interests of creditors, after the lead applicant in a class action against the cladding manufacturer submitted a $5.8 million claim.
Corrs ‘mistake’ doesn’t doom ‘potentially quite significant’ evidence in Ford class action
Automotive 2020-08-05 2:27 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge has granted a mid-trial bid to bring in "potentially quite significant" new evidence in a class action against Ford over its allegedly defective PowerShift transmissions, finding the failure to file the material earlier was not deliberate but a "mistake" on the part of the lead applicant's solicitors at Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Ford docs don’t contain trade secrets, class action judge says
Allens 2020-07-15 6:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
The judge hearing a class action trial against Ford over its allegedly defective Powershift transmission has rejected the car maker's argument that certain documents should be suppressed because they hold trade secrets, saying Ford did not invent the 6 Sigma problem solving method on which some of the reports were based.
Citing COVID-19 and $1.5M in class action costs, cladding manufacturer goes into administration
Class Actions 2020-07-13 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
Cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural has filed for voluntary administration, citing challenges posed by COVID-19 and $1.5 million spent so far defending a class action alleging it misrepresented the quality of its "highly flammable" cladding. 
Pelvic mesh judge calls for ‘someone who understands how to plead a representative proceeding’
AJB Stevens 2020-07-02 8:52 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney
A judge has adjourned an interlocutory application because of deficient pleadings in a class action brought against three medical device manufacturers and a former doctor on behalf of thousands of women who claim to have suffered lifelong complications from pelvic mesh implants.
Judge approves $212.5M toxic foam class action settlement
Alicia Lyons 2020-06-05 9:46 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney
A judge has given his blessing to a landmark $212.5 million settlement of three class actions over the use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam at government military bases despite a “large number” of objections.
‘Harsh and draconian’: Judge shoots down bid for class closure in combustible cladding action
Amelia Smith 2020-06-01 8:38 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A court has dismissed a "harsh and draconian" class closure order sought by German cladding manufacturer 3A Composites in a class action against it over allegedly combustible cladding.
Client poaching allegations fly in Monsanto class actions
Agriculture 2020-05-22 3:19 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge has rejected concerns about client poaching raised by the law firms involved in competing class actions against chemical giant Monsanto.
J&J won’t ask judge to recuse himself from pelvic mesh appeal
Appeals 2020-05-15 6:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Medical device giant Johnson & Johnson has confirmed it will not seek the recusal of a Federal Court judge from a panel overseeing its pelvic mesh class action appeal, despite earlier raising concerns that he had seen privileged settlement communications.