Class action
From 'no case' to $1.2b settlement: How robo-debt scheme went so wrong
There were repeated warnings about the validity of the robo-debt scheme since its inception six years ago.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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'Slumlord': US Marines sue Lendlease over cockroach-infested homes
US Marines living in Lendlease's portfolio of military housing in North Carolina say they live in cockroach and mould infested homes while paying full rent.
- by Sarah Danckert
Class action lawyers eye Westpac settlement
Lawyers leading the class action against Westpac say the AUSTRAC settlement will help their case.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Wage scandal
Hostel chain accused of $15m underpayment to 'volunteers'
YHA Australia is accused of offering beds to backpackers who performed tasks including cleaning, but not for long enough to fairly compensate for the work done.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Coronavirus pandemic
Ministers face class action from Victorians retrenched during lockdown
The Andrews government faces a new class action on behalf of workers who lost jobs during the coronavirus second wave, amid claims the hotel quarantine bungle forced thousands out of work.
- by Cameron Houston and David Estcourt
Top silk says he should be struck off
One of Victoria's legal blue bloods has dropped his defence in the Banksia Securities case and accepts he should be removed as a lawyer.
- by Tammy Mills
'No moral fibre': AMP advisers launch class action against wealth giant
AMP has been hit with a class action over changes to a policy that has left hundreds of aligned advisers out of pocket.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Westpac faces class action over high interest car loans
The bank is facing a class action over allegations it gave kick-backs to car dealers to sting customers with high interest loans.
- by Tammy Mills
ASIC to hand over documents to clarify litigation funders debacle
The corporate watchdog says it is still working on how it will police class action funders despite its new role coming into effect in five weeks.
- by Sarah Danckert, Tammy Mills and Clancy Yeates
BHP faces first step in record $9 billion claim over Brazil dam failure
More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off their lawsuit against the mining giant in Britain over the 2015 Samarco dam failure that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
- by Kirstin Ridley
Opinion
Investing
Inquiry to cast public eye on class-action funding
A parliamentary inquiry is looking at what can be done to help ensure that members of class actions receive a larger slice of the legal settlements.
- by John Collett