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Scenic hit with damages of up to $25M in class action over luxury cruise turned bus tour
Celia Winnett 2022-04-14 10:19 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has made a long-awaited award of damages to travellers who were promised a “once in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europe” but were instead forced to take the bus from city to city.

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Lawyers plan second class action against Scenic Tours over disrupted European cruises
Class Actions 2022-02-23 2:52 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Scenic Tours is facing a potential second class action over a series of European cruises that went ahead in 2018 despite a record-breaking drought that saw river levels drop so low they became impassable.

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Scenic Tours passengers can claim damages for disappointment, High Court rules
Alicia Lyons 2020-04-24 11:14 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Passengers on a European river cruise operated by Scenic Tours can claim damages for disappointment after they were forced to take buses for most of their luxury tour, the High Court has ruled.

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Court rules international passengers can join Scenic Tours class action
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2020-03-09 10:41 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

International passengers from five countries have been given the go-ahead to join a class action alleging travel agency Scenic Tours owes damages to European cruise passengers forced to take buses when heavy rain flooded waterways to include.

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‘Bad publicity’ no reason to stay ASIC ban of ex-NAB adviser, tribunal says
ASIC 2020-01-29 4:27 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former Adelaide financial advisor that worked for a subsidiary of National Australia Bank has lost his bid for a temporary stay of a five-year ban for allegedly recommending that clients invest in failed fintech start-up Bux Global, after arguing the bad publicity could negatively affect the impending sale of his business.

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Lawyers can advance potential new class action against Scenic Tours over disrupted European cruises
Associate Justice Joanne Harrison 2019-09-27 8:20 pm By Amelia Birnie Sydney

Lawyers pursuing a class action against Scenic Tours on behalf of passengers whose European cruises were interrupted by severe flooding have been granted preliminary discovery as they weigh a second multi-million dollar class action against the company over cancellations caused by last year’s severe drought conditions.

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In new class action defence, Scenic Tours says passengers can’t rely on it to control weather
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-09-18 3:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A class action alleging travel agency Scenic Tours owes damages to European cruise passengers forced to take buses when heavy rain flooded waterways is still proceeding despite an impending High Court appeal, with the tour company now seeking to argue in an amended defence that class members could not reasonably rely on it to control water levels.

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High Court takes up appeal in class action by Scenic Tours cruise passengers forced to bus it
Appeals 2019-09-13 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The lead applicant in a class action by passengers of Scenic Tours luxury European river cruises who were forced to take the bus has partially won a bid for the High Court to hear an appeal of a mixed ruling on liability in the case.

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Cosmetic surgeon can fix ‘tainted’ pleadings in ABC copyright case
ABC 2019-06-18 8:46 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Sydney-based plastic surgeon has been given another chance to fix “fundamental problems” in its copyright case against the ABC or using pictures of him in an article about a woman whose breast reportedly exploded after receiving breast augmentation surgery from him.

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Scenic Tours takes class action damages ruling to High Court
Alister Abadee 2018-12-14 4:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Scenic Tours wants the High Court to weigh in on a mixed ruling that left the luxury cruise company facing economic damages in a class action alleging they misled customers who were forced to take the bus.

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