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Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... legal actions dealing with the financial risks of climate change and the ways companies manage those risks. Lawyer David Barnden told FS Sustainability that the existing misleading conduct framework "contains sufficient protections for companies and ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... 2020 by retail investor Kathleen O'Donnell, was represented pro bono by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden. O'Donnell's claim centred on the fact that climate risk was not disclosed when she chose to invest approximately $1000 ...

Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... of care not to cause them harm from climate change. The case was brought by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden. He is the same lawyer who defended Mark McVeigh in his case against his super fund Rest. That case resulted in McVeigh and ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... relief is granted, scheduled for July 28. O'Donnell, who is being represented by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden, has until July 2 to file and serve any evidence she wishes to rely on in relation to the application for interlocutory ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... doing enough to manage climate change risk. McVeigh was being represented by Equity Generations Lawyers principal David Barnden who has two other cases related to climate change on foot. O'Donnell v Commonwealth and Ors is a potential class action ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... doing enough to manage climate change risk. McVeigh is being represented by Equity Generations Lawyers principal David Barnden. Barnden has two other cases related to climate change on foot. O'Donnell v Commonwealth and Ors is a potential class action ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... exchange traded bonds. Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell is being represented by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden, who is also taking registrations of interest from bond holders for a possible class action on the back of O'Donnell's ...

Rest climate change trial delayed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... to result in settlement. The case, in which McVeigh is represented by Equity Generations Lawyers principal lawyer David Barnden, could set a precedent for super funds. The case will question what trustee duties apply when it comes to climate change. ...

Rest climate risk case goes to trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... November 24, Rest and McVeigh were given a process for handing over discovery documents, expert reports and reply. David Barnden, principal and director of Equity Generation Lawyers who is representing McVeigh, told Financial Standard the onus is on ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... change into account with their investments," he says. Through Market Forces, McVeigh got in touch with a lawyer - David Barnden. At the time, Barnden worked at Environmental Justice Australia, he has since established an independent firm and has taken ...
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