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Two fresh faces join legalsuper board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... Services Union as industrial officer and on special projects. He has previously worked for Slater and Gordon and Shine Lawyers. "Richard and Mary served as legalsuper directors for a combined 11 years and we thank them for their dedication and contribution ...

AMP to pay $29m to settle class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
AMP has settled a class action brought by Shine Lawyers in 2020, which claimed the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. The AMP commissions and insurance class action was commenced ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... hundreds of thousands of super fund members who paid excessive insurance fees. The class action was launched by Shine Lawyers in January 2020 against Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (CMLA) ...

Legal costs weigh on AMP profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... AMP "will continue to fight that hard", noting it returns to court in October. These costs may well increase, with Shine Lawyers having filed another class action in relation to excessive insurance fees in early July. Dexus Funds Management is also suing ...

AMP actions impacted 'hundreds of thousands' of customers: Shine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
Shine Lawyers filed a class action against AMP this week alleging AMP Superannuation has slugged investors with excessive insurance fees. Shine Lawyers confirmed the class action has been filed in the Federal Court of Victoria on behalf of hundreds ...

QSuper settles $67m class action

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... fund in the Federal Court in November 2021, still requires court approval and is without admission of liability. Shine Lawyers, which initiated the class action, alleged QSuper breached its obligations under the Corporations Act 2001 and the Superannuation ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... overall claims processes, and strengthening its tele-claims capability to make quicker decisions and processing times. Shine Lawyers special counsel Melissa O'Neill's "biggest gripe" with super funds is that, while they're ultimately responsible for ...

AFCA caps Dixon claimants at 2773

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... need to pay for it, via the CSLR," Abood said. Dixon's parent company E&P Financial Group settled the recent Shine Lawyers-led class action for $16 million. Senator Andrew Bragg has been highly critical of how ASIC has handled the Dixon matter. In ...

Court approves $16m DASS settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... Former E&P chief executive Alan Dixon and former director Christopher Brown were also named in the lawsuit led by Shine Lawyers. Shine Lawyers is set to receive some $3.26 million out of the $16 million. "The representative proceeding filed by Piper ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... settlement against Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services (DASS) as it seeks more information. The class action led by Shine Lawyers, which was also brought against former Dixon Advisor chief executive Alan Dixon and former director Christopher Brown ...
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