by admin | Jun 19, 2020 | Media Releases
The Uber Class Action would have been simpler and of more benefit to participants if contingency fee legislation introduced in Victoria’s State Parliament this week had been in place three years ago according to Transport Matters Party leader Rod Barton. Mr...
by admin | Jun 18, 2020 | Parliament
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (11:52): I rise today to speak on the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2019. My position is somewhat unique, in that I am one of the relatively few people who have been through the process of bringing a class action...
by admin | Jun 4, 2020 | News
We’ve had some pushback from the top end of town criticising Rod for supporting the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2019 that would make it easier for groups like the taxi industry to get class actions up against corporate wrongdoers. The Bill will...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020 | News
The Maurice Blackburn Class Action against Uber is progressing well and we expect to make some strong headway this year towards a resolution for registrants. We had a successful result in the court just prior to Christmas – read our update from 2019 here. There...
by admin | Dec 21, 2019 | News
Maurice Blackburn filed the proceeding in late May and they had a couple of procedural case management hearings in late May/early June. Those hearings focused on timetabling and service, with the Judge making orders requiring Uber to file any application seeking...
