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Gina Rinehart’s daughter wins appeal over $4B family trust documents
Appeals 2022-05-11 1:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
The NSW Court of Appeal has granted Bianca Rinehart’s bid for her billionaire mother Gina to hand over trust documents that could be used in a dispute over ownership of the $4 billion family trust. 
Class action waiver in Ruby Princess cruise T&Cs not unfair, court told
Amy Reid 2022-02-14 9:51 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
A class action waiver in the terms and conditions of tickets purchased by US passengers embarking on the fateful Ruby Princess cruise at the height of the first COVID-19 wave was neither unfair nor onerous, an appeals court has heard.
Carnival keeps up fight to exclude foreign passengers from class action
Amy Reid 2021-10-06 5:44 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Carnival has launched a challenge to last month's court finding that overseas passengers could remain group members in a class action over the 2020 Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak.
Gina Rinehart’s daughter loses appeal bid to dodge arbitration over $4B family trust
Appeals 2021-09-22 2:37 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The NSW Court of Appeal has refused to grant Bianca Rinehart leave to appeal a decision staying a lawsuit against her mother Gina Rinehart over ownership of a $4 billion family trust.
Carnival can’t exclude overseas passengers from Ruby Princess class action
Amy Reid 2021-09-10 11:53 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Cruise operator Carnival has lost its bid to exclude US and UK passengers from a class action over the 2020 Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak, with a judge finding the Federal Court was not a "clearly inappropriate forum" to hear the dispute.