Maurice Blackburn (law firm)

Major cases

Since its establishment Maurice Blackburn Lawyers have acted in a number of cases, including:

• The 40-Hour Working Week Case – in conjunction with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Maurice Blackburn fought for shorter working hours;
• MUA Waterfront Dispute Case – represented maritime workers against the Commonwealth Government during the waterfront dispute in 1998;
• The GIO Class Action – the first shareholder class action win in Australian legal history;
• Centro Class Action – the biggest shareholder class action settlement in Australian legal history;
• Black Saturday bushfires Class Actions – collectively the largest class action settlement in Australian history at $794 million ($494 million in the Kinglake class action and $300 million in the Marysville class action);
• Mohammed Haneef Case – defended Dr. Haneef against false charges of terrorism in 2010 and later acted on his behalf in a defamation matter;
• The Gene Patent BRCA1 Case – a ruling that saw the High Court rule that a mutated gene that causes cancer cannot be subject to a patent under Australian law.

Current notable staff

• Josh Bornstein

Former notable staff

• Maurice McRae Blackburn, founder, former Labor and Independent Labor MP
• James Burke, former Northern Territory politician
• Terri Butler, former federal Labor MP
• John Button, former Labor Senator for Victoria
• John Cain, former Victorian Government Solicitor
• Enver Erdogan, Victorian politician
• Nita Green, Senator for Queensland
• Justice Bernard Murphy, Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
• Nicholas Reece, Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• Nicola Roxon, former Commonwealth Attorney-General and former federal Labor MP
• Bill Shorten, former federal Labor MP and Minister
• Bill Slater, politician and founder of the law firm Slater and Gordon Lawyers
• Murray Watt, Labor Senator and former Queensland Labor MP
• Anika Wells, federal Labor MP

References

References

1. "Steve Bracks | Chairperson, Maurice Blackburn".
2. "Maurice Blackburn Pty Limited".
3. "About Maurice Blackburn Lawyers".
4. (19 June 2012). "Court approves Centro's $200m class-action settlement".
5. "Mohammed Haneef sues ex-immigration minister Kevin Andrews for defamation".
6. (7 October 2015). "Landmark High Court ruling on BRCA1 gene patent as pensioner wins legal case".
7. (8 April 2008). "Former Labor minister John Button dies". The Age.
8. (24 August 2012). "Former rival is new Herbert Geer MP". Lawyers Weekly.
9. "Transcript of Proceedings: Federal Court of Australia Ceremonial Sitting of the Full Court for the Swearing in and Welcome of the Honourable Justice Murphy". Federal Court of Australia.