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Westpac Class Action,

Registration is now open Retail and institutional investors are invited to register for the Westpac Shareholder Class Action. Phi Finney McDonald is the law firm acting on behalf of the applicant Edmund Yong, representing investors who suffered losses after Westpac breached an...More

Mineral Resources Class Action,

On 31 March 2025, Phi Finney McDonald filed a class action against Mineral Resources Limited (Mineral Resources) and its Managing Director, Mr Christopher Ellison, in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The class action is brought on behalf of investors that acquired ordinary share...More

FleetPartners (formerly Eclipx) Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for the representative and group members in a class action against FleetPartners Group Ltd (formerly known as Eclipx Group Ltd and traded as ECX) commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria on behalf of investors who acquired shares in the company betwe...More

CIMIC Class Action,

On 21 August 2020, a shareholder class action conducted by Phi Finney McDonald was commenced against CIMIC Group Limited (CIMIC) in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of investors who acquired CIMIC shares during the period from 7 February 2018 to 22 January 2020 (inclus...More

Mayne Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for the Plaintiff and group members in a class action against Mayne Pharma Group Limited (MYX; MYPHY) (Mayne Pharma) commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria on behalf of investors who acquired fully paid ordinary shares in Mayne Pharma between 24 No...More

BHP Class Action,

The BHP Class Action sought recovery of investor losses incurred up to 30 November 2015 following the catastrophic collapse of the Fundão dam in Brazil in relation to BHP Group Limited’s (BHP) alleged contraventions of the Corporations Act . For more detailed information ab...More

MESOBLAST CLASS ACTION,

Phi Finney McDonald along with William Roberts Lawyers act for the Joint Applicants in a class action in the Federal Court of Australia against Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB; NASDAQ: MESO; OTC: MEOBF) (Mesoblast) on behalf of investors who, during the period from 22 February 201...More

Star Entertainment Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald commenced a class action against The Star Entertainment Group Limited (Star) in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The class action was brought on behalf of investors who acquired an interest in or held Star shares over the period 29 March 2016 and 13 June 2022...More

Freedom Foods Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for the Lead Plaintiff and Group Members in a class action commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria against ASX-listed Noumi Limited (formerly known as Freedom Foods Group Limited) (Freedom Foods or the Company) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte...More

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 class action proceedings commenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against ASX-listed Lendlease Corporation Limited (Lendlease) and consolidated with clients of Maurice Blackburn. The class action represents all persons who a...More

CBA Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald acts for its clients in a class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). The class action is being funded by Therium Australia Limited (Therium), and is being run in conjunction with another similar class action. 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

News

$110m conditional settlement reached in BHP Class Action,

Phi Finney McDonald has today reached a $110 million conditional settlement in a shareholder class action against BHP Group Ltd relating to BHP’s market disclosures about the Fundão dam in Brazil that collapsed almost a decade ago. The conditional settlement follows seven y...More

Medibank to face shareholder class action over data breach,

Phi Finney McDonald has today commenced a shareholder class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Medibank on behalf of shareholders, in relation to the company’s recent data breach. More

PFM launches class action against Star Entertainment,

Leading securities class action law firm Phi Finney McDonald has filed a class action on behalf of shareholders against The Star Entertainment Group Ltd in the Supreme Court of Victoria. More

High Court shuts down BHP move to block access to class action,

The High Court of Australia has today unanimously dismissed BHP’s attempt to block shareholders who are not resident in Australia from participating in a class action against the company. More

As landmark as it gets: Why the Myer class action has everyone talking,

In the annals of Australian commercial law, the Myer class action judgment handed down this week was about as landmark as it gets. It was the first class action brought by shareholders in a listed company in this country to go to judgment. More

LendLease class action backed by pension funds,

Investors who purchased LendLease shares between 17 October 2017 and 25 February 2019 are encouraged to register at www.lendleaseclassaction.com. Institutional investors from Australia and abroad have retained specialist class action law firm Phi Finney McDonald to prepare a ...More

Estia Health slapped with class action,

Estia Health shares have taken a dive after the aged care provider confirmed it had been hit with a class action suit alleging it had deceived investors. 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

Justice not too swift for GetSwift Trials,

A procession of 30 witnesses, including former customers and investors, investigators from the corporate regulator and the Australian Securities Exchange, will line up to give evidence against embattled logistics software company GetSwift when the Australian Securities and...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

GetSwift class action cut to one,

Troubled logistics software start-up GetSwift has welcomed a Federal Court ruling that today confirmed only one class action suit would proceed against the company. 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

How Therium and Phi Finney Won the GetSwift Class Action Competition,

Last month, law firm Phi Finney McDonald and funder Therium Capital Management bested the competition in their bid to become class counsel in the GetSwift class action claim. The landmark decision by an Australian Federal Court to continue one proceeding and permanently stay t...More

Phi Finney McDonald to run GetSwift class action,

Boutique Melbourne law firm Phi Finney McDonald will lead the sole class action on behalf of aggrieved investors in logistics business GetSwift, after a Federal Court judge on Wednesday permanently stayed two other competing class actions. 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

CBA faces class action threat over money laundering scandal,

The Commonwealth Bank may face a class action from investors, following revelations the board failed to disclose a money laundering investigation for over two years, which triggered a $5.5 billion collapse in the bank’s share price when the regulator launched its case. C...More

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Resolved Class Actions

GETSWIFT Class Action, 2023