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Boral Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for the Representative Applicant in closed class action proceedings commenced against Boral Limited (Boral) in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of investors who acquired Boral shares, American Depository Receipts (ADRs) or Equity Swaps. This ac...More

LendLease Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for its clients in consolidated class action proceedings commenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against ASX-listed Lendlease Corporation Limited (Lendlease). The class action represents all persons who acquired shares in Lendlease between 17...More

Hastie Group Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for the Representative Applicant in class action proceedings commenced in the Federal Court of Australia against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) and Deloitte Corporate Finance Pty Ltd (Deloitte Entities), on behalf of investors in building services comp...More

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Lendlease vows rigorous defence as second class action filed over arm writedowns,

Construction giant Lendlease says it will “vigorously defend” a second class action filed against it in the NSW Supreme Court, which alleges the misled the market and failed to adequately disclose problems with its troubled engineering division. More

Lendlease in crosshairs second class action,

Construction heavyweight Lendlease will be hit with a second class action over claims it failed to keep investors fully informed about troubles in its engineering division. More

BHP faces beefed up class action over Samarco disaster,

BHP is facing the prospect of a seriously a beefed-up class action over its Samarco dam collapse after a court ruled two class actions against the miner should be combined. More

‘Profit before people’: mining giants in the dock,

Exclusive | BHP DAM DISASTER Senior executives working for mining giants BHP and Vale were aware of significant problems at their jointly owned Samarco dam years before it burst, causing one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, court documents allege. More

BHP action whittled down to one,

Boutique law firm Phi Finney McDonald has beaten two other law firms vying for the right to run a shareholder class action against BHP over the Samarco dam disaster. Federal Court judge Mark Moshinsky this morning ruled that Phi Finney McDonald’s case should go ahead and sta...More

Firm wins right to pursue class action over disaster,

LAW firm Phi Finney McDonald has won the right to pursue a shareholder class action against BHP related to the Samarco dam catastrophe, beating two other firms. More

BHP has agreed to pay $US50 million to settle a US class action on the Samarco dam disaster,

The Australian lawyers running class actions against BHP Billiton over the Samarco dam disaster say their arguments have been “vindicated” by the miner’s offer to settle a US class action over the tragedy, and warned that losses suffered by members of the A...More

BHP wants class action delayed,

Federal Court BHP Billiton will seek to have an Australian class action into the Samarco dam disaster delayed in a bid to avoid prejudicing homicide charges laid against current and former executives in Brazil. More

Mining Giant BHP faces class action suit over Samarco disaster in Brazil,

BHP Billiton is facing the threat of a class action suit in Australia over the Samarco mining disaster in Brazil, which knocked an estimated A$25bn (£14bn) off its market value in the course of a month. More

Class action against UGL back on track amid investor anger over Itcthys disclosure,

A class action alleging contractor UGL delayed informing investors about cost blowouts on a power plant contract for INPEX’s Ichthys gas project in late 2014 will proceed with investment group Clime Capital as the representative applicant. More

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