Prepping large class action for trial no reason for relief from COVID-19 restrictions, top judge says

Chief Justice James Allsop 2020-09-24 4:14 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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The need to properly prepare a large commercial class action is not reason enough to relieve lawyers of COVID-19 restrictions aimed at protecting the health and safety of Victorians, the Federal Court’s chief judge has said in explaining why he denied a bid by the Melbourne-based legal team behind the Crown Resorts class action to have the case declared a priority.

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