Travel and aviation
Cruise ship injury
Case notes on injuries and illness on cruise ships, and where a claim can be brought.
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- Cruise ship injury
Ruby Princess damages revisited
When the Ruby Princess steamed out of Circular Quay on 8 March 2020, it carried 2,600-odd passengers, 1,100 crew and a viral stowaway that would turn the ship into a national symbol of pandemic mismanagement.
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryNo wriggle room on ACL interpretation: consumers forever on top
Australia’s top court has emphatically ruled that the protections that the Australian Consumer Law provide to consumers and small businesses are impervious to subversion and in so doing has embedded them into the business…
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryRuby Princess damages fail a playbook for disappointment damages asks
Readers will recall that Ruby Princess - a Carnival vessel - sailed from Sydney on 8 March 2020 for New Zealand and returned on 19 March due to a Covid outbreak, short-changing its 2,671 passengers by three days on the promise of…
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryFull steam ahead for river cruise disappointment damages
The New South Wales Court of Appeal yesterday delivered the final test case ruling relating to the 2014 Rhine River cruise disruption and disappointment damages class action case: Scenic Tours Pty Ltd v Moore [2023] NSWCA 74 (20…
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryVirus outbreak stokes cruise disappointment & class action sortie
Damages for disappointment can be recovered when a consumer acquires services that are intended to provide pleasure, relaxation or enjoyment but don’t live up to their promise.
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryRuby Princess zombie cruise: consumer access to class actions under serious attack
North American guests aboard the Covid infected Ruby Princess zombie cruise have suffered a setback in their efforts to recover compensation from the cruise line for their devastating experience.
- Cruise ship injury
Unfulfilled brochure promises cost tour operator $30 mil in cruise passenger claims
The first step in the process to assess damages for 1,300 European river cruise passenger claims in a class action that was upheld by…
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryRoyal Caribbean overturns sex assault suspect false imprisonment ruling
A cruise ship passenger awarded $97,000 for being locked up for five days in a windowless cabin as the suspect of an on-board sexual assault must return the payout to the cruise line following its successful appeal of a 2020…
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Picture hiddenCruise ship injuryOz courts to aid overseas Ruby Princess pax: class action waiver clause “unfair”
The Ruby Princess departed Sydney on 8 March 2020 for New Zealand and returned on 19 March becoming the catalyst for the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the first phase of the pandemic.
- Cruise ship injury
White Island cruise ship passengers win big: Royal Caribbean refused anti-suit injunction
The tragic loss of life from the December 2019 volcanic eruption at White Island in New Zealand has made its way to the courts in a ruling that allows injured and deceased cruise ship passenger compensation claims to be…
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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