McVeigh v Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Federal Court of Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

24/07/2018

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Transparency and disclosure

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

In the first judgment, there was an application for maximum costs order pursuant to r 40.51 of Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth). Issues considered included whether maximum costs order should be made, whether proceedings in public interest, and whether application premature. The applicant claimed breaches of statutory and equitable duties of superannuation trustee regarding climate change risks and was indemnified by third party to a maximum amount.

The case settled prior to trial on 2 November 2020. See the statement of Mr McVeigh's lawyers below.

CASE DOCUMENTS

McVeigh v Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 14
McVeigh v REST settlement