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Maurice Blackburn in the News 2010
New threat after floods - disease
Paul Millar, Jared Lynch and David Rood, The Age, Wednesday 08 September 2010
Flood bill rises as ‘worst yet to come’
Julie-anne Sprague, Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 07 September 2010
Established law firm sets up new Mildura office
Mildura Independent, Monday 06 September 2010
Mildura office opening
Gemma Thomas, Win Tv Mildura, Monday 06 September 2010
Nufarm to be sued for misleading the market
Philip Wen , Sydney Morning Herald, The Age , Friday 03 September 2010
Working in a medical minefield
Briana Everett, Lawyers Weekly, Friday 03 September 2010
The cost of putting powerlines underground
Lisa Maksimovic, ABC TV, Stateline, Victoria, Friday 03 September 2010
Hardie verdict raises compo queries
Peter Taylor, Herald Sun, Thursday 02 September 2010
Another law firm opens in the city
Wangaratta Chronicle, Wednesday 01 September 2010
‘Toothless’ watchdog under fire
Mark Russell, The Age, Sunday 29 August 2010
Cosmetic Surgery- Maurice Blackburn clients on Ch 9
60 Minutes , Channel 9, Sunday 29 August 2010
Haneef to fight on despite ruling on secret papers
Jared Owens, The Australian, Saturday 28 August 2010
Lawyers in new offices
Townsville Bulletin, Friday 27 August 2010
Senseless death leaves a life on hold
Jill Stark, The Age, Sunday 22 August 2010
Mother Kerry Mullins says cosmetic surgery is not worth the heartache
Marianne Betts, Herald Sun, Tuesday 17 August 2010
Why the cosmetic surgery industry needs reform
Kathryn Booth and Laura Vines, Crikey, Sunday 15 August 2010
Airlines fight cartel claims
Matt O'Sullivan, The Age, Friday 13 August 2010
Court: Lawsuit against Qantas may proceed
Joe Schneider, e Turbo News, Thursday 12 August 2010
Injured Barwon Water worker wins $500,000 compo claim
Carl Dickens, Geelong Advertiser, Thursday 12 August 2010
Maurice Blackburn acts in medical negligence case
The New Lawyer, Wednesday 11 August 2010
Jammed by your bank? You can join the class action suit!
Customer Underground, Tuesday 10 August 2010
Bicycle registration
7PM Project, Channel 10, Tuesday 03 August 2010
Paramedic's family lodges County Court claim
Sue Hewitt, Sunday Herald Sun, Sunday 01 August 2010
The AWB shareholder class action - lessons in continuous disclosure
Jason Geisker, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Sunday 01 August 2010
Report recommends replacing ageing power lines
AAP, The Age, Saturday 31 July 2010
BOSS COPS A WHACK: Why Community Connections case was secret
Andrew Thomson, Warrnambool Standard, Saturday 31 July 2010
Couple sues over failed Down Syndrome diagnosis (1)
Catherin Obuch, Health Information Management Association Australia, Friday 30 July 2010
Porn, bullying in air-traffic controllers' $2m harassment claim
Ben Schneiders, The Age, Wednesday 28 July 2010
Air controllers launch $2m sex harassment Airservices suit
Mark Dunn, Herald Sun, Wednesday 28 July 2010
They had no right
Herald Sun , Wednesday 28 July 2010
The misrule of law
Elizabeth O'Shea, Lawyer's Weekly, Wednesday 28 July 2010
Ngapa protest in Melbourne re Muckaty station nuclear waste dump: Labor MP's Batman electorate
DD Chalmers courtesy ABC TV Northern Territory, You Tube, Tuesday 27 July 2010
Upheaval of IR laws must stop
Claire Chaffey, Lawyers Weekly, Sunday 25 July 2010
Maurice Blackburn signs up 120 investors in class action over CDO exposure
The Australian, The Australian Business Journal, Friday 23 July 2010
Multiplex settlement is a bitter-sweet victory
Adele Ferguson, Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 22 July 2010
Back in business
Rosemary Bolger, Melbourne Times, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Two couples suing doctors for failing to diagnose Down syndrome
Marianne Betts, Herald Sun, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Brookfield Multiplex settles shareholder class action
News on ABC, You Tube, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Courts OKs $110m Multiplex settlement
AAP, Trading Room, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Couple sues over failed Down Syndrome diagnosis
ABC online, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Multiplex settles $110m class action
New Lawyer, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Brookfield's $97 Million Wembley Settlement Approved by Australian Court
Joe Schneider, Bloomberg, Wednesday 21 July 2010
Hours cut at Williamstown bakery while sick
James Twining, Hobsons Bay Leader, Tuesday 20 July 2010
Plea for halt on asbestos
Nicole Precel, Williamstown, Altona, Laverton Star, Tuesday 20 July 2010
Smart unveils 'We fight for fair' push
Helen Schuller, AdNews, Tuesday 13 July 2010
Bank scam warning is six weeks late: IMF
The Bull, Tuesday 13 July 2010
Time to challenge the virtuous aura around aid
Editorial, The Australian, Tuesday 13 July 2010
4 banks face lawsuits over class actions
Alison Bell, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 13 July 2010
Cricketer's heroic return after Dandenong accident
Marion Joseph, Dandenong Leader, Thursday 08 July 2010
Mohamed Haneef launches defamation action against former immigration minister Kevin Andrews
AAP, The Australian, Thursday 01 July 2010
Haneef launches legal action against former minister
Alexandra Kirk, ABC Radio PM Program, Thursday 01 July 2010
Class action launch
Kath Gannaway, Mountain Views Mail, Tuesday 29 June 2010
St Andrew's woman leads bushfire legal claim
Elizabeth Allen, Diamond Valley Leader, Tuesday 29 June 2010
Global fire fight on Black Saturday pub
Sue Hewitt, Sunday Herald Sun, Sunday 27 June 2010
AFL players could sue over Docklands surface
ABC News website, Wednesday 23 June 2010
Sacked security guard reinstated
Ian Kirkwood, Newcastle Herald, Wednesday 23 June 2010
Trapped by legal loophole
Natasha Johnson, ABC TV 7.30 Report, Tuesday 22 June 2010
Mass class action on bushfires
John Silvester, The Age, Saturday 19 June 2010
Sex scandals are not on, corporate Australia warned
Mary-Anne Toy, The Age, Saturday 19 June 2010
Operator behind 2006 fatal Cairo bus tour still sending tourists to Egypt
Nick Leys, Herald Sun, Friday 18 June 2010
War chest to fund battle over fee compensation claim
Karen Collier, Herald Sun, Friday 18 June 2010
Notes on negligence
Anna Walsh and Dr Duncan Graham, Australian Doctor, Friday 18 June 2010
Victims shell-shocked by Egypt crash findings
Rachel Carbonell, ABC website, Friday 18 June 2010
Victims disappointed by coroner's findings into fatal bus crash in Egypt
Rachel Carbonell, ABC Radio PM Program, Friday 18 June 2010
David Jones CEO resigns admitting inappropriate behaviour
Scott Alle, ABC Radio PM Program, Friday 18 June 2010
Gene patents challenged
News Briefing, Nature, Vol 465, p851, Thursday 17 June 2010
Ancient law threatens freedom of speech
Elizabeth O'Shea, National Times, Tuesday 15 June 2010
SMEs told to shop around as bank fees surge 13% during 2009
Patrick Stafford, Smart Company, Friday 11 June 2010
Banks defend penalty fees: $550m cut
Chris Zappone, Brisbane Times, Friday 11 June 2010
Victorians leading class-action charge against banks' penalty fees
Karen Collier, Herald Sun, Wednesday 09 June 2010
The tragic short life of baby Helani
Michelle Tydd, Illawarra Mercury, Tuesday 08 June 2010
Breast cancer sufferers take gene patents to court
Meredith Griffiths, ABC AM radio program, Tuesday 08 June 2010
Legal fight over breast cancer gene
Sarah Collerton, ABC Online Investigative Unit, Tuesday 08 June 2010
Bid to halt patenting of genes
Jane Lyons, The Age, Tuesday 08 June 2010
Strength in numbers
Karen Poh, Heidelberg Leader, Tuesday 08 June 2010
'More than 100' join Gunns class action
Northern Tasmania, ABC Online, Monday 07 June 2010
One family settles: Another fights on
Mark Bousen, Torres News, Saturday 05 June 2010
Territory elders mount radioactive legal battle
Linsday Murdoch, The Age, Friday 04 June 2010
Legal challenge to nuke dump launched
Daniel Bourchier, Northern Territory News, Thursday 03 June 2010
Compo for shopping centre parking
Georgia Main, Channel 7 Today Tonight, Wednesday 02 June 2010
Bullied nurse wins extensive weekly payments
Australian Nursing Journal, Tuesday 01 June 2010
Measuring legal expertise
Greg Walsh, Law Society Journal, Tuesday 01 June 2010
Strong interest in Gunns class action: lawyers
Northern Tasmania, ABC website, Monday 31 May 2010
CBA lags on planner action
Darin Tyson-Chan, Investor Daily, Monday 31 May 2010
Teen hit with e-toll charges
Dominic Feain, Northern Star, Friday 28 May 2010
Investors agree it's all a matter of class and banks should settle actions over fees
Adele Ferguson, The Age, Thursday 27 May 2010
Fight Back On Bank Rip Offs
The Australian Workers' Union, The Australian Worker, Wednesday 26 May 2010
The man banking on angry Australians
Matthew Drummond, Australian Financial Review, Saturday 22 May 2010
Class action threatens Gunns
Courtesy Australian Financial Review, Stock and Land, Thursday 20 May 2010
Class action could harm corporate Australia
Greg Hoy, ABC TV 7.30 Report, Thursday 20 May 2010
Gunns' profit plunge triggers disclosure class action
AAP, The Australian, Thursday 20 May 2010
Gunns faces class action alleging misleading conduct
Geoff Easdown, Herald Sun, Thursday 20 May 2010
Lawyer calls for hospital deaths inquiry
ABC website, Wednesday 19 May 2010
Law firm opens another front in bank case
AAP, The Australian, Tuesday 18 May 2010
Dragged into machine
Mountain Views Mail, Tuesday 18 May 2010
How three men came together to challenge the banks over fees
Adele Ferguson, Invest Smart, courtesy of The Age, Saturday 15 May 2010
Customers queue to join bank class action
Eric Johnston and Adele Ferguson, The Age, Friday 14 May 2010
40,000 sign up to sue banks over fees
Richard Gluyas, The Australian, Friday 14 May 2010
Time for a halt to hostilities?
Steve Walsh, Australian Doctor letter to editor, Friday 14 May 2010
Thousands sign up for bank fee class action
Shane McLeod, AM, ABC Radio, Thursday 13 May 2010
Westpac's fee review sluggs battler
The Bull, Thursday 13 May 2010
100,000 tipped to take on big banks
James Massola, Canberra Times, Thursday 13 May 2010
Banks face multi-billion dollar class action over charging 'unfair' fees
Ben Butler, Herald Sun, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Class action to chase banks for fees
ABC Online, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Bank fee bombshell
Simon Bailey, A Current Affair, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Bad Medicine
Stephanie Osfield, Madison magazine June 2010 edition, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Bank fees class action
7PM Project, starts 2:15, Channel 10, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Class action launched over bank fees
Hamish Fitzsimmons, ABC TV Lateline, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Yarra Ranges apprentice mangles arm in metal lathe at TAFE
Alex Munro, Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader, Monday 10 May 2010
Law firm Maurice Blackburn extends class action on TPI
AAP, The Australian, Thursday 06 May 2010
Class action rescued from uncertainty
James Eyres, Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 05 May 2010
Worker sues over lack of training
Adam Wratten, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Tuesday 04 May 2010
Bricklayer Chris Parmangos wins compo after systemic scleroderma problems
Joanne Vella, Canterbury-Bankstown Express, Wednesday 28 April 2010
Deadly dust
Bankstown-Canterbury Torch, Wednesday 28 April 2010
Hoons couldn't care less
Geraldine Collins, Melton Leader, Tuesday 20 April 2010
Dumped at Heathrow, deportee died of overdose, Coroner rules
Joel Gibson, Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 19 April 2010
Students may file TAFE claim
Cameron Lucadou-Wells, Cranbourne Journal, Monday 19 April 2010
Judge calls into question injury assessment
The New Lawyer, Tuesday 13 April 2010
'Damned if you do, damned if you don't'
Michael East, Australian Doctor, Friday 09 April 2010
Patients pursue doctor, hospitals over care
Kim Agius, Brisbane Times, Tuesday 06 April 2010
Compo row angers man who cut arm off
Rosemary Bolger, Hume Weekly, Tuesday 06 April 2010
Student tilers allegedly paid $3.34 a hour
Ben Schneiders, The Age, Friday 02 April 2010
Losses blamed on CBA advice
Kate Lahey, Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 01 April 2010
Whistleblower in court fight to protect identity
Ben Butler, Herald Sun, Wednesday 31 March 2010
Clients sue Commonwealth Financial Planning
Darin Tyson-Chan, Investor Daily, Wednesday 31 March 2010
Investors sue CBA Financial Planning arm
Money, Nine MSN, Wednesday 31 March 2010
Investors suing Commonwealth Bank financial planner
AAP, Herald Sun, Wednesday 31 March 2010
A wet blanket over claims
Lesley Parker, The Age, Wednesday 31 March 2010
Fears negligence win will lead to GP over-servicing
Ashley Hall, ABC AM Radio, Tuesday 30 March 2010
Bali victim's mum wins damages
Adam Cresswell, The Australian, Tuesday 30 March 2010
$290,000 payout against doctor
Rebekah Holliday, The Daily Advertiser, Tuesday 30 March 2010
Litigation fears putting pressure on doctors
Ashley Hall, ABC, Tuesday 30 March 2010
File your claim ASAP
Carolyn Kovac, Heidelberg Leader, Tuesday 30 March 2010
CMC decision on Malu Sara 'disappointing'
Torres News, Sunday 28 March 2010
Auditor to be sued by OZ Minerals
Elisabeth Sexton, Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 27 March 2010
I molti sapori dell'armonia
Il Globo, Wednesday 24 March 2010
Amcor rejects hefty damages claim estimate
Elisabeth Sexton, The Age, Saturday 20 March 2010
The rise and rise of Mr Fixit
Katharine Murphy, The Age, Saturday 20 March 2010
Amcor disputes $466m price-fix claim
Trevor Chappell, Herald Sun, Saturday 20 March 2010
Maurice Blackburn to see through charity case
The New Lawyer, Wednesday 17 March 2010
Charity to challenge tax ruling
Rowan Callick, The Australian, Saturday 13 March 2010
Vindaloo against violence
Indian Voice, Friday 12 March 2010
TAC forced to pay up
Bendigo Advertiser, Thursday 11 March 2010
Transpacific facing class action from law firm Maurice Blackburn and IMF (Australia)
AAP, The Australian, Thursday 11 March 2010
Transpacific could face class action
Alex Boxsell, Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 09 March 2010
Class action threat for Transpacific
Trevor Chappell, Courier Mail, Tuesday 09 March 2010
Know your legal rights on public transport
Michelle Carnovale, Waverley Leader, Tuesday 09 March 2010
Class actions adrift in uncertain waters
Rachel Nickless and Hannah Low, Australian Financial Review, Friday 05 March 2010
Human rights under threat
The New Lawyer, Friday 26 February 2010
Bullied victims have help
Kim Shaw, Progress Leader letter to editor, Tuesday 23 February 2010
Dangerous tests
John Berrill, The Age (letters), Thursday 18 February 2010
Malu Sara compo case continues
Evan Schwarten, National Indigenous Times, Thursday 18 February 2010
Farmers all class in AWB settlement
Marsha Jacobs, Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 16 February 2010
AWB settles on payout
Elisabeth Sexton, The Age, Tuesday 16 February 2010
AWB settles class action case for $39.5m
Rebecca Urban, The Australian, Tuesday 16 February 2010
Australian wheat exporter settles Iraq oil-for-food class action lawsuit for $35 million
Tanalee Smith, Canadian Business, Monday 15 February 2010
AWB settles Iraqi kickbacks suit for $35 million
Ray Brindal, Wall Street Journal, Monday 15 February 2010
AWB ends Iraqi kickback saga
AAP, Herald-Sun, Monday 15 February 2010
AWB to pay $40 million
Cameron Wilson, ABC Rural, Monday 15 February 2010
AWB 'open-minded' on $100m settlement
Elisabeth Sexton, The Age, Friday 12 February 2010
AWB in talks to find a settlement over class action
Elisabeth Sexton, Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 12 February 2010
Class action hearing begins against AWB
ABC Rural, ABC News, Wednesday 10 February 2010
Father of Malu Sara victim seeks compo
Evan Schwarten, Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 10 February 2010
Bullied at work
Angela Thompson, South Coast Register, Wednesday 10 February 2010
Malu Sara compensation hearing
Alita Pashley, Cairns Post, Wednesday 10 February 2010
AWB deceived shareholders, court told
Jamelle Wells, ABC News website, Wednesday 10 February 2010
Class action against AWB to open in Federal Court
Monday 08 February 2010
AWB $100m class action to begin this week
Monday 08 February 2010
Payout for cricketer injured in training
Sunday 07 February 2010
Dying man wins insurance justice
Saturday 06 February 2010
Refreshing CSR call
Friday 05 February 2010
Tennis guard waits for cash
Thursday 04 February 2010
Think before you drive
Monday 01 February 2010
Travellers' rights on public transport
Monday 01 February 2010
Professor launches scathing attack on bowel cancer program
Friday 29 January 2010
Lawyers want to extend deadline on Black Saturday claims
Friday 29 January 2010
St Joseph’s bully row in court
Thursday 28 January 2010
Mother vows to fight for law change over death of unborn child
Monday 25 January 2010
Shareholder rights eroded
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Courts set for a busy crisis aftermath
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Dills keep on driving
Tuesday 05 January 2010