Class action
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- Good Weekend
These women are fighting a retail juggernaut
Budget jeweller Lovisa has soared in 15 years. It has more than 1000 stores in about 50 countries. Some ex-employees say staff have been ripped off.
- Jane Cadzow
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Raya had a huge win over a horror strip-search. She’s had another victory
The police minister and the newly appointed police commissioner have spoken for the first time about the invasive and unlawful strip-search of Raya Meredith.
- Amber Schultz and Michaela Whitbourn
Raya fought back after being forced to strip. She’s had a huge win
It was a weekend marred by trauma. Now a NSW court has weighed in with a landmark decision.
- Michaela Whitbourn
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- Retail
Super Retail board faces fresh legal battle for allegedly tampering with timesheets
Law firm Adero Law is preparing to mount a class action alleging thousands of store managers at Rebel Sport, Supercheap Auto, BCF and Macpac were underpaid for years.
- Jessica Yun and Colin Kruger
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- Robo-debt royal commission
Largest class action payout in Australian history for ‘heartless and disastrous’ scheme
Robo-debt victims and their families will receive an extra $475 million in compensation after they were wrongly hounded for welfare debt under the Coalition.
- Brittany Busch
Migraines, nerve damage: The Australians poisoned by over-the-counter vitamins
Wellness giant Blackmores is the target of looming legal action over supplements containing a vitamin linked to symptoms including nerve damage, twitches and migraines.
- Angus Thomson
Tesla hit with Australian class action over ‘phantom braking’
Law firm alleges the electric vehicle company has been dishonest in its marketing, backed out of its promises and has not ensured its products are safe.
- Tim Biggs
Working for free, no lunch breaks: Lovisa hit with class action lawsuit
Hundreds of young women were allegedly asked to work before and after their rostered hours, denied bathroom breaks and told to do piercings in store with just two hours’ training.
- Jessica Yun
Holden faces class action over alleged transmission defects
Law firm Maurice Blackburn alleges Holden’s parent company, General Motors, sold cars with faulty transmissions.
- Tung Nguyen
Australian women lose class action over controversial medical device
Justice Andrew Keogh said chronic pelvic pain and abnormal uterine bleeding commonly affected women of reproductive age.
- Aisha Dow
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