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Full Court upholds class action waiver in Ruby Princess case
The Full Federal Court has thrown out a decision that found foreign passengers could join a class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess, finding a class action waiver was not unfair.
Class action waiver in Ruby Princess cruise T&Cs not unfair, court told
A class action waiver in the terms and conditions of tickets purchased by US passengers embarking on the fateful Ruby Princess cruise at the height of the first COVID-19 wave was neither unfair nor onerous, an appeals court has heard.
Carnival keeps up fight to exclude foreign passengers from class action
Carnival has launched a challenge to last month's court finding that overseas passengers could remain group members in a class action over the 2020 Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak.
Judge vacates Ruby Princess class action trial
A judge has vacated a March hearing in a class action against cruise operator Carnival over last year's Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak, a week after resolving an almost year-long dispute about whether overseas passengers could be part of the proceeding.
Mineralogy appeals ruling tossing suit as ‘ill-disguised’ attack on ASIC
Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has appealed a ruling tossing a lawsuit it brought against ASIC, which a judge called an "ill-disguised collateral attack" on the regulator for criminal proceedings against the billionaire mining magnate over $12 million in payments made to his political party in 2013.
Carnival can’t exclude overseas passengers from Ruby Princess class action
Cruise operator Carnival has lost its bid to exclude US and UK passengers from a class action over the 2020 Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak, with a judge finding the Federal Court was not a "clearly inappropriate forum" to hear the dispute.
Court tosses Mineralogy’s ‘ill-disguised collateral attack’ on ASIC
A court has tossed a lawsuit by Clive Palmer's Mineralogy against ASIC, calling it an "ill-disguised collateral attack" against the regulator over criminal proceedings against the billionaire mining magnate over $12 million in payments made to his political party in 2013.
Mineralogy, ASIC spar in ‘collateral attack’ on Clive Palmer criminal case
Mineralogy is seeking declarations that its 2014 financial statements were true and fair in a court case ASIC has called a "collateral attack" on criminal proceedings brought against Clive Palmer over $12 million spent on his political aspirations.