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In victory for class action, judge says bad breast implant claims can advance
The applicants in a class action against The Cosmetic Institute and twelve doctors over allegedly "incompetent" breast augmentation surgery have won court approval to expand their case to allege misleading and deceptive conduct and breaches of the consumer guarantees in the Australian Consumer Law.
Andrews government tries again to strike out hotel quarantine class action
The state of Victoria has asked a court to strike out a class action alleging lapses in its hotel quarantine program caused businesses to suffer losses when stage three and four COVID-19 restrictions were put in place between July and August 2020.
More clinics to be pulled into Monash IVF class action over embryo destruction
Six more fertility clinics in states across the country are set to be pulled into a class action against Monash IVF on behalf of hundreds of men and women demanding damages for the alleged destruction of potentially viable embryos.
Law firm’s cost dislosures inadequate to recoup two-thirds of judgment amount, court finds
A law firm that recouped two-thirds of a personal injury payout in excess of the statutory cap through a “potentially misleading” costs agreement will pay back a former client $26,200 plus interest.
High Court awards Paralympian $6.75M for fall in campdrafting competition
The High Court has ordered a sports association to pay $6.75 million to a woman who suffered a serious spinal injury after falling during a campdrafting competition in Ellerston, New South Wales, overturning an appeals court decision that cleared the association of negligence.
Whitsundays resort owes $430,000 to worker who was urinated on
The owner of a Whitsundays resort has been ordered to hand over $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation allegedly urinated on him after a night of drinking.
‘An absolute nightmare’: Social media surgeon Daniel Lanzer hit with class action over ‘horrific’ procedures
Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates have been hit with a class action lawsuit on behalf of patients who allegedly suffered "horrific" consequences from surgeries performed at Lanzer's clinic.
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.
Social media surgeon accused of ‘barbaric, botched’ procedures faces class action investigation
Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer is facing a potential class action lawsuit in the wake of a damning Four Corners investigation which accused him of “gruesome” and “barbaric” practices.
‘No prospects of success’: Judge tosses COVID-19 class action over Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine
Two landmark class actions seeking damages from the Victorian government for economic losses suffered during last year's second wave of COVID-19 have been thrown out, but one of the cases will be given a second chance to proceed.