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Bid for security in Shine’s no win, no fee cruise class action may not be ‘hopeless’
Class Actions 2023-06-15 11:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Shine Lawyers has been ordered to hand over its costs agreement with the lead applicant in a class action over norovirus outbreaks on Carnival’s Sun Princess cruise ship, amid a likely plan by the cruise operator to seek security for costs in the no win, no fee class action.

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Class action against NT government alleging institutional racism must clarify case
Human Rights 2023-04-27 3:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has told a class action applicant alleging institutional racism targeting the Indigenous population of a remote NT community to clarify his case over the availability of interpreting services.

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Carnival wins strike-out bid in class action over gastro outbreaks
Class Actions 2023-04-12 11:41 am By Cindy Cameronne

Carnival has won its bid to strike out a class action over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship.Ā 

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Carnival class action over norovirus outbreaks faces strike out, declassing bids
Class Actions 2023-03-21 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship is facing a strike out bid, with the cruise operator also flagging a declassing application down the line.

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High Court to hear class action waiver challenge in Ruby Princess case
Class Actions 2023-03-17 4:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has granted leave to the applicant in a class action against Carnival PLC to appeal a ruling that upheld a class action waiver in tickets bought by foreign passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess in 2020.

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The top litigation law firms of 2022
Litigation Law Firms of the Year 2023-03-03 6:35 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Lawyerly’s Litigation Law Firms of 2022 racked up precedent-setting victories in a year that continued to see major developments in class action law.

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ā€˜No duty to be decent and fairā€™: Allianz wins High Court appeal over cyclone damage claim
Insurance 2022-12-14 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Allianz has won its challenge to a decision forcing it to indemnify a north Queensland body corporate for cyclone damage despite non-disclosure of serious building defects, with the High Court finding insurers have no general duty to be ā€œdecent and fairā€.

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High Court rejects Nine’s constitutional challenge to racial discrimination law
Media 2022-11-18 10:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Nine has failed to persuade the High Court to take up a special case that would argue the Racial Discrimination Act infringes the broadcaster’s implied right of political speech, in a blow to its defence against a class action over its coverage of litigation related to the Palm Island riots.

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Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak ā€˜no accidentā€™, class action trial hears
Class Actions 2022-10-12 9:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was ā€œsomething that was very likely to happenā€ and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.

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Class action asks High Court to hear appeal over Ruby Princess’s foreign passengers
COVID-19 2022-09-12 11:17 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess will ask the High Court to hear a challenge to a decision that found a class action waiver for foreign passengers was not unfair.

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