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Class action pioneer from Maurice Blackburn will ‘strive for fair’ as new judge
Courts 2024-04-19 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

As the head of Maurice Blackburn’s class actions group he helped win hundreds of millions of dollars for claimants and shaped the jurisprudence around the […]

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Protest class action loses bid for confidential information from Victoria Police
Class Actions 2024-04-19 3:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Victoria Police over its use of capsicum spray against protesters has lost its bid to uncover confidential information about police crowd control tactics, after a judge found disclosure of the information could “endanger the public”.

Victoria Solicitor-General Rowena Orr appointed to appeals court
Courts 2024-04-17 4:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Senior counsel for the banking royal commission Rowena Orr KC has been appointed as a judge on Victoria’s Court of Appeal, with class action silk […]

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Public housing class action loses bid for injunction blocking Melbourne tower demolition
Class Actions 2024-04-09 1:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has dismissed a bid to temporarily halt the demolition of three public housing towers in inner city Melbourne as a class action pursues […]

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New Victorian Supreme Court practice note ‘should have gone further’, lawyers say
Analysis 2024-04-08 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Leading lawyers have welcomed a new practice note in the Commercial Court division of the Victorian Supreme Court, including a “rigid framework” to cut down […]

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Hotel quarantine class action can’t proof witnesses ahead of criminal trial
Class Actions 2024-03-27 9:06 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has won its bid to prevent lawyers for a class action over Victoria’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle from proofing lay witnesses, […]

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All eyes on lawyers’ 27.5% cut as court prepares to weigh first GCO class action settlement
Analysis 2024-03-26 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

When the Supreme Court of Victoria considers for the first time a settlement reached in a class action run on a contingency fee basis, it […]

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$46.5M settlement reached in G8 class action, teeing up first contingency fee payout
Class Actions 2024-03-25 9:22 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s largest childcare centre operator G8 Education has agreed to pay $46.5 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging the company failed to keep […]

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Subpoenas to identify group members in Mercedes-Benz class action ‘improper’: judge
Class Actions 2024-03-21 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has effectively set aside several subpoenas in a class action against Mercedes-Benz over alleged emissions cheating seeking material to identify group members and […]

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Uber to pay $272M to settle taxi driver class action
Class Actions 2024-03-18 8:58 am By Sam Matthews

On the eve of trial, rideshare giant Uber has agreed to pay $271.8 million to settle a five-year-old class action brought by taxi and hire […]

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