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A court has approved a $125 million settlement in the class action over Victoria's botched hotel quarantine program, and has largely signed off on the plaintiff's firm proposed contingency fee.
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The High Court has declined a special leave application from Victoria’s State Revenue Office over a battle with shopping centre landlord Vicinity Funds over $82.5 million in stamp duty.
A law firm has urged a judge to sign off on a record $37.5 million group costs order in a class action over Victoria’s hotel quarantine debacle that settled for $125 million, saying it spent more than expected in running the case.
A class action over Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle that settled for $125 million will seek a record $37.5 million cut for law firm Quinn Emanuel and $250,000 payment for the lead applicant, which was subjected to "public ridicule and hatred" during the matter.
A judge has given the nod to an amendment in a class action over Victoria's COVID-era hotel quarantine program that will exclude non-retail and hospitality businesses, but he won't make the order operate retrospectively.
A class action over Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle that has settled for $125 million wants to amend the group definition to clarify that non-retail businesses are not part of the case.
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Victoria’s State Revenue Office has gone to the High Court in its battle with shopping centre landlord Vicinity Funds over $82.5 million in stamp duty.
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Victoria’s State Revenue Office has lost its challenge to a decision for shopping centre landlord Vicinity Funds, which quashed a $82.5 million stamp duty assessment on land occupied by Myer and the Lonsdale St Emporium.
Victoria will pay $125 million in a settement finalised on Monday in a class action over the state's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program.
A class action over Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle worth as much as $2.6 billion has reportedly settled, with the cost to taxpayers said to be about $50 million.