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 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.Former staff
* Maurice McRae Blackburn, Firm Founder, Former Labor MP and Former Independent Labor MP * Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader and Federal Labor MP * Nicola Roxon, Former Commonwealth Attorney-General and Federal Labor MP * Terri Butler, Federal Labor MP * Anika Wells, Federal Labor MP *Peter Cashman, Barrister and Academic at the University of Sydney *Eugene Arocca * Bill Slater, Australian politician and founder of the law firmReferences
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