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Latest update: May 2026
We are continuing to progress the next stage of the Settlement Administration. This update outlines recent activities and what to expect next.
Driver Claim Data Notice activity
We are continuing to progress the Claim Data Verification and Notice stage of the Settlement Administration.
As part of this stage, an online activity has recently been sent to approximately 3,000 Registrants with a driver claim.
In this activity, Admin Contacts are required to:
- Tell us how long the Registrant drove a taxi and/or hire car during the relevant Claim Period; and
- Review the Claim Data Notice and either accept it or request an amendment if any information is incorrect.
This is a mandatory activity and must be completed by the deadline provided in your email and in the activity.
If you do not complete the activity by the deadline, the claim may receive a payment of $0 because we will not have enough information to assess it.
This is your only opportunity to request changes. Once you submit the activity, the claim data will be final and binding and will be used to assess the Registrant’s driver claim.
All responses must be completed through the online activity only. We are unable to accept responses by email or telephone, and any such responses will not be considered.
What you need to do:
- If you have received a Driver Claim Data Notice activity, please complete it by the deadline provided.
- If you have already completed the activity, no further action is required at this stage (unless we contact you).
- If you have not received an activity, there is nothing further you need to do at this time
- If you manage other types of claims (for example, licence owner, operator or lease income claims), you will receive separate emails about those claims in the coming months.
Please continue to monitor your email for updates and further instructions.
Driver Claim Data Notice Activity FAQs
Find answers to common questions about the Driver Claim Data Notice activity, including:
- what you need to do and how to complete the activity
- how to estimate driving time
- what information is included in the Claim Data Notice
- how to request an amendment
If you have received this activity, you should review this information before completing it.
Next steps in the settlement administration:
Claim Data Notices
We are continuing to progress the Claim Data Verification and Notice stage, which involves confirming the information that will be used to assess each claim.
Driver Claim Data Notices have now been issued to Registrants with a driver claim.
- If you accepted the Driver Claim Data Notice, no further action is required from you at this stage in relation to the Registrant’s driver claim. The next communication you will receive in relation to this claim will be a Notice of Assessment, which is expected to be sent in late 2026.
- If you requested an amendment to the Driver Claim Data Notice, we will review your request and send you a Claim Data Determination, explaining whether the amendment has been accepted. Please monitor your email for this.
More information about review rights will be made available on the website when Claim Data Determinations begin to be issued.
For other claim types (including licence owner, operator and lease income claims), we are continuing to review information received in earlier activities and match claims against industry records to ensure as many claims as possible follow a streamlined pathway.
Claim Data Notices for these claim types will be issued in the coming months. You do not need to take any action for those claims at this time.
Please continue to monitor your email for updates and instructions, and visit the website regularly for the latest information.
Contacting Maurice Blackburn
To help us manage enquiries during this peak period and minimise settlement administration costs (so more funds are available for distribution to eligible Registrants), we may not respond to enquiries where the answer is already available on our website or in the Frequently Asked Questions.
We encourage you to review the FAQs before contacting us.
Our website is updated regularly, and we recommend checking it for the latest information.
Do you need to update your contact details?
It is important that your contact details remain up to date.
If you are an Admin Contact and need to update your details, please email:
uber@mauriceblackburn.com.au.
Please include:
- “Updated Contact Details” in the subject line; and
- your previous contact details to help us locate your registration.
What is the settlement administration process, and how did we get here?
Settlement administration is a term used to describe the process of assessing claims and distributing settlement money to eligible Registrants. It typically occurs after a matter goes to trial, or the defendant and plaintiff reach a settlement agreement prior to trial.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Uber Class Action seeks to compensate registered group members for their loss of income and any loss in capital value of taxi and/or hire car licences, caused by the alleged illegal operation of UberX in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
You are a registered group member if you registered in the class action before 2 October 2023 (or the Court allowed your late registration), and you were a taxi or hire car licence owner/driver/operator or Network Service Provider, operating in:
- Victoria between 1 April 2014 - 23 August 2017
- New South Wales between 7 April 2014 - 18 December 2015
- Queensland between 17 April 2014 - 5 September 2016
- Western Australia between 10 October 2014 - 4 July 2016
In accordance with the SDS, compensation depends on your claim type(s), as summarised below:
Licence Owner | Operator | Driver | Network Service Provider (NSP) | |
Capital Value claim | Lease Income Loss claim | Income Loss claim | Income Loss claim | Income Loss claim |
You will be compensated for | ||||
Decline in the capital value (per licence). | Losses in lease income (per licence).
| Losses in operating income (per licence). | Losses in driver income (per person). | Specific income loss (eg radio network fees). |
The SDS was approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria as part of settlement approval.
The SDS establishes the procedures for distributing the settlement sum to eligible group members (Registrants).
A copy of the SDS is available here.
To request a copy of the ‘Confidential Annexures' to the SDS, click here.
An Admin Contact is the nominated contact person who is authorised to represent (or has ‘authority to act on behalf of’) a Registrant and is the dedicated contact person for the duration of the settlement administration.
To be an Admin Contact you must have the legal authority to represent a Registrant for the purpose of the settlement administration.
For a detailed explanation of the role of an Admin Contact, please click here.
An Admin Contact will have the authority to represent a Registrant where:
- They have been specifically authorised by the Registrant to act on their behalf in relation to this settlement administration; and/or
- They are otherwise legally authorised to do so; and/or
- They fall within one of the specific categories of Admin Contacts which are listed on this page.
If you are unsure whether you are still authorised to represent a particular Registrant, you should speak directly with the Registrant to confirm.
For a detailed explanation of authority to act, please click here.
In late-July 2025 we started the Contact Confirmation Activity. The purpose of this activity is to confirm your contact details and the details of the Registrants which you represent.
The deadline for this activity has passed.
Our team is currently in the process of reviewing all your answers from the activity. If we have any questions, we will reach out to you. Otherwise, if you do not hear from us there is nothing further for you to do at this stage.
The Driver Claim Data Notice activity has now been issued to eligible RegistrantsRegistrants with a driver claim. If you are required to complete this activity, you will receive an email with instructions.
All responses must be completed through the online activity. We are unable to accept responses by email or phone.
Claim Data Notices for other claim types (including licence owner, operator and lease income claims) will be issued in the coming months.
Once you submit the Claim Data Notice activity, the claim data will be final and binding.
This means you will not be able to make further changes.
The confirmed claim data will then be used to assess the Registrant’s claim and determine any compensation the Registrant may receive under the Settlement Distribution Scheme.
No, your only opportunity to request changes is in the Claim Data Notice activity.
If you believe any information is incorrect, you must request an amendment before submitting the activity.
Once submitted, you will not be able to make further changes.
The activities need to be completed by the Admin Contact, who is authorised to act on behalf of the Registrant.
The Admin Contact is responsible for ensuring all information submitted is accurate and complete.
If you are required to complete an activity and do not do so, your claim may:
- be delayed; or
- require additional verification (such as providing documents or a statutory declaration); or
- be assessed based on the information available to us (which may result in an assessment of $0).
We recommend completing all activities by the deadlines provided.
We hope to commence making payments in early 2027.
This is an estimate only, and it may take more time.
During the settlement administration, the settlement sum will be placed into an interest-bearing bank account. Any interest accrued forms part of the settlement sum.
The interest will firstly be used to pay settlement administration costs. Any remaining interest will be managed and distributed to eligible group members in accordance with the SDS.
We will not be able to estimate payments until all assessments have been completed.
The figures that will be used to assess eligible group member claims are in Confidential Annexures to the SDS. Click here to request a copy.
There are approximately 8,700 Registrants with around 26,000 claims.
We need to confirm the claim data for each claim, assess all claims, and complete any review processes at each stage.
Payments can only be made once all claims have been assessed and finalised.
We need to work with all 8,700 Registrants to confirm their Claim Data. We then must assess all Registrants claims and any requests for reviews.
We can’t start making payments until all claims have been assessed, including resolving any reviews.
Please do not send us your bank details. We will tell you when and how you can provide your bank details later in the settlement administration, in a safe and secure way.
Under the SDS, Registrants may have the right to request a review of certain decisions relating to their claim. Reviews are conducted by an independent lawyer (not Maurice Blackburn).
We will provide information about review rights at each stage of the process, including what you need to do and by when.
For Claim Data Notices, more information about review rights will be made available on the website when Claim Data Determinations begin to be issued.
All Admin Contacts and Registrants who participate in the settlement administration must:
- Answer all questions truthfully, and to the best of your knowledge, accurately;
- Ensure that your Admin Contact’s contact information is up to date and notify us of any changes; and
- Respond to all communication requests from us (as Scheme Administrator) – including activities, emails and text prompts – within the timeframes and/or due dates provided in the communication.
We will continue to keep all language as simple as possible, however, there are some specific terms and definitions we will use throughout the settlement administration, for example: Activity, Claims Database, Admin Contact and Registrant.
We encourage you to review these definitions, as they are used consistently throughout all communications and activities.
For a detailed explanation of these terms, click here.
To help minimise settlement administration costs, we may not respond to enquiries where the answer is already available on our website or in the FAQs.
We encourage you to review this page and the FAQs before contacting us.
We will send all critical communications, which are personal to you and your claim/s, by email.
If you need to make changes to your contact details please email us at uber@mauriceblackburn.com.au and include ‘Updated Contact Details’ in the subject heading as well as your “old” contact details in the email so that we can locate your registration.
If you need to speak with us about something not already answered on this webpage, you can call us on 1800 291 047 or email uber@mauriceblackburn.com.au.
If your enquiry requires a timely response (and is not generic in nature or concerns a matter which can be dealt with later in the settlement administration), then we will respond to you as soon as we can.