About the firm
Fighting back for almost 100 years
At Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, we fight for outcomes that make a
genuine difference to peoples' lives. Maurice McCrae Blackburn
founded our firm in Melbourne in 1919. Almost 100 years later, our
founder's belief that the law should serve everyone, not just those
who can afford it, remains at the heart of what we do. We're now a
national law firm that has remained true to our roots of standing
up for workers' rights and fighting back against unfair treatment,
mass wrongs, and injustice.
We understand the compensation you receive is vital to ensuring
quality of life for you and your family. Like our clients, our
lawyers come from many backgrounds and have different experiences
and expertise. They fight with tenacity, and treat clients with
sincerity, respect and compassion.
Who we represent
Maurice Blackburn's compensation lawyers act for people who have
been hurt, injured or suffered loss. We have expertise in cases
involving work injury compensation, medical
negligence, car accident injuries and asbestos
exposure. Our lawyers are also experts in employment and industrial
disputes, contesting wills, assisting people
injured in a public place or by a faulty
product and in making superannuation and insurance
claims. Through Maurice Blackburn
Commercial, we provide advice and act in commercial litigation
and financial advice disputes for a wide range of union and
business clients.
Leading law firm
We are Australia's largest class action law firm. We have recovered
more than $700m for groups, individuals, shareholders and
businesses that have suffered loss due to illegal behaviour by big
business. In the past two years, Maurice Blackburn has settled
major shareholder class actions against AWB, Multiplex, Centro and
Nufarm. In 2011, the firm settled a cartel claim against Amcor and
Visy for $120m. It was the largest cartel settlement in Australian
corporate history. We are also fighting back against unfair fees
imposed by Australian banks including the 'big 4'.
As one of Australia's leading law firms for employees, we've
acted in many high profile employment law and industrial relations
disputes, including representing the Maritime Union of Australia in
its 1998 landmark dock dispute against
Patrick Stevedores.
Pro bono work
Our
Social Justice Practice is at the core of what we do. In
appropriate cases that benefit the community, Maurice Blackburn
provides free legal services. Currently we're representing a group
of Traditional Owners not adequately consulted about Australia's
first nuclear waste dump being located at Muckaty Station in the
Northern Territory, and we're fighting against the right for
companies to own the patents to human genes.