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Australia's Westpac money-laundering class action inches forward with document discovery

By Laurel Henning ( August 24, 2022, 03:19 GMT | Insight) -- A Westpac class-action lawsuit over the Australian bank’s anti-money laundering compliance failures between Dec. 2013 and Nov. 2019 has inched forward today as lawyers narrowed down the evidence they expect to rely on in the case. Lawyer Elizabeth Collins, who appeared in the Melbourne court on behalf of the class-action claimants today, said the document-discovery process would “flush out” the knowledge and obligations of relevant bank employees.A Westpac class-action lawsuit over the Australian bank’s anti-money laundering compliance failures between Dec. 2013 and Nov. 2019 has inched forward today. as lawyers narrowed down the evidence they expect to rely on in the case....

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