Southern Response has today received the High Court decisions relating to the April court hearing on matters pertaining to the Ross Class Action and the Southern Response Payment Package for policyholders who settled with Southern Response prior to October 2014, that was announced by the Government in December 2020.
The four judgments announced today are:
- The setting aside judgment, in relation to Mr and Mrs Ross’s application for a setting aside order, which unsuccessfully sought an order that Southern Response be required to set aside 15 per cent of the agreed settlement sum in any settlement it reaches with a member of the Ross Class Action who opts out of the proceeding.
- The notification judgment, in relation to the content of information to be sent to members of the class that Mr and Mrs Ross represent; the methods of communicating that information; and the form of the opt out notice by which a class member may opt out of the representative proceeding.
- The reasons judgment, in relation to Southern Response’s original application to communicate with customers in relation to the Pre-October 2014 Payment Package.
- The communications judgment, in relation to what and how Southern Response will communicate regarding the Pre-October 2014 Payment Package.
Southern Response will be able to provide more information to policyholders in relation to the Pre-October 2014 Payment Package in the coming weeks, according to the timeline set out by the communications judgement referred to above (number 4).
The judgments can be viewed by clicking on the headings below: