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Feuding light rail class action solicitors must ‘put pride aside’ and work together, judge says
Banton Group 2023-09-06 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Two law firms that have been jointly running a class action against the NSW government over light rail construction in Sydney are now competing to run the case solo, after their relationship broke down and the funder lost confidence in one of the firms, a court has heard.
Transport for NSW reserves right to appeal Sydney light rail class action loss
Banton Group 2023-08-01 1:57 pm By Christine Caulfield
Transport for NSW is weighing an appeal after a judge found it was liable to pay damages in a class action brought on behalf of small businesses over interference caused by the construction of Sydney's $3 billion light rail network.
NSW government on hook for damages in light rail class action
Adam Hochroth 2023-07-19 1:52 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
A judge has found the state of NSW liable to compensate the lead plaintiffs in a class action brought on behalf of small businesses over the “substantial and unreasonable” interference caused by the construction of Sydney's $3 billion light rail network, but he flagged “significant problems” in applying his findings to thousands of potential group members.
NSW government has to prove $3B light rail was ‘necessary’, class action says
Adam Hochroth 2022-12-07 4:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Closing a class action trial over Sydney's $3 billion light rail, a lawyer for 3,500 small businesses told a judge Wednesday the NSW government had to show that building the tram network was a “reasonably necessary” addition to the city's transport options.
Light rail class action plaintiffs want NSW on hook for litigation funder’s cut
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-15 4:55 pm By Christine Caulfield
Businesses bringing a class action over Sydney's $3 billion light rail project are pursuing a bold new claim that the NSW government pay not only for damages related to their nuisance claims, but for the 40 percent commission the litigation's funder wants from a post-trial judgment.
In light rail class action trial, NSW government denies it ‘sat back and did nothing’
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-09 9:49 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
The New South Wales government has rejected a class action's claims that it dropped the ball in relation to the identification and management of underground utilities which caused delays in Sydney’s $3 billion light rail project.
Sydney’s $3B light rail was a ‘train wreck’, class action trial told
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-07 4:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A class action on behalf of 3,500 business owners along Sydney’s light rail route has told a court that group members bore the brunt of the project’s delayed construction, described as “a train wreck which could be predicted from a mile away”.
Judge wants delayed Sydney light rail class action finished by year’s end
Adam Hochroth 2022-10-24 1:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail has been pushed off to next month after the applicant’s eleventh-hour amendments, but a judge has warned the parties they should wrap up the case by the end of the year..
Light rail class action trial could be derailed by ‘last-minute’ amendments
Class Actions 2022-10-20 4:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A trial set to start next week in a class action over Sydney’s $3 billion delayed light rail could be pushed off until next year as the parties clash over an eleventh hour bid by the applicant to amend the case.
Government to face class action over NDIS age exclusion
Bret Walker 2022-09-20 3:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh
The federal government will face a class action on behalf of disabled individuals age 65 and over who have been excluded from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.