Class Action vs Uber

Uber has lost a bid to have our class action against it thrown out of court. 

The case that Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has brought against it alleges UberX is “unlawful” and has not been operating under the regulations, accreditation procedures and licence fees that apply to taxi drivers.

Uber had argued in the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal that a class action could not be brought against it in Victoria because it was an international company.

But Justices Richard Niall, Kim Hargrave and Karin Emerton on July 22, 2020 rejected its bid to have the case thrown out. 

Uber claimed there were five reasons the class action should be thrown out, all of which were rejected by the Court of Appeal.