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Financial planning

Australians should not bow to US lobbyists against class action

Caving to the demands of the US Chamber of Commerce to restrict Australian class action funding may deprive regular Australians of access to justice, according to Class A...

Policy & Regulation

New regulations around class actions ‘bizarre’

New regulations, which bizarrely define class actions as ‘managed investment schemes,’ could stymie the compensation payouts of millions of Australians who have been robb...

Financial planning

De Ferrari told blame yourself, not AMP planners

Plaintiff law firm, Slater and Gordon has claimed AMP Limited has only itself to blame for exposure to class action lawsuits, not its financial planners....

Policy & Regulation

Slater & Gordon win AET class action

Plaintiff law firm, Slater and Gordon has secured a $28.5 million settlement out of its six-year class action against Australian Executor Trustees as the trustee for Prov...

Financial planning

Slater and Gordon claims its class action is the best

In an attempt to differentiate itself among the other four class actions already launched against AMP, Slater and Gordon has announced that it offers the best value to cl...