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Court not obliged to comply with policies NSW ‘dreams up’, class action judge says
Class Actions 2023-07-19 10:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has warned the NSW government that the court does not make orders “subject to [its] internal policies” after the state failed to comply with orders to hand over documents in a class action over police strip searches.

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Judge shuts down fight over class action evidence delay after solicitor’s death
Class Actions 2023-07-19 3:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed the applicants in a class action against a law firm extra time to file evidence after the death of the solicitor on record, despite protests from the firm, which is accused in the case of liability for the alleged fraud of a former employee.

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Court approves $26M settlement in Scenic Tours class action
Class Actions 2023-07-14 9:53 pm By Gareth Baker

A court has approved a $26 million settlement in the long-running class action against cruise operator Scenic Tours, with $7 million earmarked for litigation funder Legal Justice.

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Junior doctors beat back declassing bid by NSW in overtime case
Employment 2023-07-14 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

A junior doctor representing thousands of medical officers in NSW has thwarted an application by the state to declass her group proceeding, with a judge saying a “single determination” of the issues common to all group members was the most efficient way of resolving them.

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Sailors win damages in Navy training class action
Class Actions 2023-06-20 2:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has awarded $735,000 in damages to nine group members in a class action representing 200 former Royal Australian Navy sailors alleging the Department of Defence broke a promise to train them in engineering, finding they were owed compensation for the lost chance to earn higher wages.

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Cruise class action wins $23M settlement from Scenic Tours the hard way
Class Actions 2023-06-08 1:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Cruise operator Scenic Tours has agreed to settle a long-running class action with travellers who were promised a “once in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europe” but were instead forced to take the bus, after almost ten years of litigation that went all the way to the High Court.

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Declassing orders must be ‘all or nothing’, court told in breast implants class action
Class Actions 2023-06-08 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A declassing bid by nine doctors in a class action on behalf of women allegedly injured by a one-size-fits-all approach to breast implant surgeries must apply to the entire proceeding, not just the claims against them, a court has heard.

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Law firm served with class action over employee’s fraud
Class Actions 2023-06-06 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A law firm in regional New South Wales has been hit with a class action seeking to hold it liable for the alleged fraud of a former employee who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for fraud offences in 2021.

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‘Don’t even waste my time’: Judge trashes NSW’s bid for messages in music festival class action
Class Actions 2023-05-05 2:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised a bid by the NSW government to access seven months of messages relating to drugs by the lead plaintiff in a class action over allegedly illegal strip searches at a Byron Bay music festival, saying they seemed “wholly irrelevant” to the case. 

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Scenic Tours can cross-examine group members in cruise class action
Class Actions 2023-04-26 10:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ruled Scenic Tours can cross-examine class action members without seeking approval from referees, who will oversee a process for assessing amounts owed to them, after the tour operator mostly lost its appeal of a judgment that put it on the hook for damages to disappointed cruise goers.

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