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Westpac and Shine Lawyers Settle Class Action

Legal27 April 2021WBCFinancials

ASX
Release


28 April 2021


Westpac and Shine Lawyers Settle Class Action


Westpac Group has agreed to settle a class action relating to premiums paid for certain

insurance policies taken out with Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited between 2011

and 2017.


The settlement is capped at $30m and remains subject to approval by the Federal Court

of Australia.


The Group has resolved this matter without any admission of liability.


The proceedings were filed in the Federal Court of Australia in October 2017 by Shine

Lawyers.


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