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CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... victims have to contact the bank, and not the other way around. Morris expressed similar concerns to litigator Maurice Blackburn principal John Berrill, who has questioned the independence of the review, given the bank's involvement in all the steps ...

Inquiry sees spike in demand for legal action against CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... financial planning businesses have seen a spike in the number of affected consumers willing to join the legal cause. Maurice Blackburn principal John Berrill and Shine Lawyers solicitor Sasha Ivantsoff confirmed to Financial Standard that numbers are ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... necessary efforts to recover documents that rogue financial planners had modified or removed from client files. Maurice Blackburn principal John Berrill explained that it cost the law firm $35,000 to reconstruct each client file, while it cost CBA $5,000 ...

CBA promoted Nguyen to keep him away from clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... customers where it did take a longer time, because of multiple requests of information that we didn't receive." Maurice Blackburn Lawyers principal John Berrill told the committee that CBA had "no checks and balances in place" and that Nguyen was "allowed ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... bank also defends its compensation policy to clients affected by financial planner Don Nguyen, despite law firm Maurice Blackburn concerns expressed in a separate submission that clients might not have been properly compensated.

Law firm questions CBA compensation for Nguyen victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has questioned Commonwealth Bank's compensation to clients affected by inappropriate advice within the bank's financial planning unit given by adviser Don Nguyen. In a submission to the Senate inquiry on the performance of ...

APRA probe key in NAB case: Lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... hand over documents related to an APRA probe into NAB's exposure to US subprime mortgages. In an affidavit of Maurice Blackburn solicitor Andrew Watson, which was tendered to the court, Watson said the plaintiffs would contend at the trial that correspondence ...

Centro MCS proposes DPF wind-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... property investor contributing $85 million of the total. The class action was launched by Slater and Gordon and Maurice Blackburn against both Centro Group and its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers more than four years ago. Investors accused Centro of misleading ...

Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... design and implementation issues. The members of the Group are: Paul Costello, Chair John Berrill, Principal, Maurice Blackburn John Brogden, Financial Services Council Dick Grozier, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Peggy Haines, Consultant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Coffey International Ltd, AVJennings Ltd, and Aevum Ltd. David Jones Ltd issues first quarter sales figures. Maurice Blackburn lawyers say they are to file a class action on behalf of National Australia Bank shareholders who lost money during the global ...