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IFM blames "unfounded" class action for Tandem worries

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
A Shine Lawyers class action against IFM portfolio company Tandem made it harder for the subcontracting firm to win business in the lead up to its administration, according to IFM Investors chief executive David Neal. Neal was quizzed about the firm's ...

Westpac settles life insurance class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... life insurance sold through its financial advice network. The class action was brought against Westpac Group by Shine Lawyers in 2017. It claimed that between 2011 and 2017, customers who received financial advice from Westpac-aligned financial advisers ...

CBA progresses with divestment to AIA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... interest in BoCommLife Insurance Company. It was only last month that a class action lawsuit was filed against CBA by Shine Lawyers on behalf of customers who obtained CommInsure life insurance products recommended by a CBA-licensed adviser. Class Actions ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... Commonwealth Bank. Once Johns realised Mary did not meet CommInsure's definition of MS, he was forced to refer her to Shine Lawyers for further assistance. That was in 2017 and Mary is still waiting. The definition CommInsure was upholding states ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... interests, and our claims will allege consistent and ongoing breaches of these obligations," Piper Alderman said. Shine Lawyers also alleges CBA sold customers overpriced insurance. The law firm filed proceedings against CommInsure on August 21. Class ...

Lazard dumps AMP shares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... expected profits to be 50% lower due to the impacts of COVID-19. One of those class actions is being brought by Shine Lawyers over insurance sold by AMP's aligned financial advisers. AMP Financial Planning advisers also filed their own class action against ...

AMP, BT and CBA to face class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
A new class action from Shine Lawyers alleges that more than half a million Australians were charged excessive insurance premiums by financial advisers aligned with AMP, BT and Commonwealth Bank. Proceedings have already been filed against AMP, which ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... excessive fees allegedly charged to AMP Super members, and one from Maurice Blackburn over, also over super fees. Shine Lawyers is investigating the possibility of a class action against AMP over alleged wrongful overcharging in insurance policies sold ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... investors, members and employers." Last week the firm was hit with another class action on behalf of shareholders, with Shine Lawyers launching action against the firm. The law firm conducted an investigation into misconduct which saw it obtain a Federal ...

IOOF faces new class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
Shine Lawyers today commenced a new class action against IOOF on behalf of shareholders. Shine Lawyers conducted an investigation into misconduct at IOOF which included obtaining a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents relevant to the alleged ...