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| Subject: Superb: $82 million OZschwitz class action against government for failing to protect abalone industry Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:29 pm | |
| A Supreme Court judge has urged parties in an $82 million class action over the spread of a herpes-like abalone virus to ''fight the case on a real battleground'' and not get bogged down with ''basic propositions'' from expert witnesses.
Fourteen abalone licence holders are suing the Victorian government over its alleged failure to control an outbreak of the disease in early 2006 that affected about a third of Australia's wild abalone industry and slashed the value of their licences from about $6 million to below $1 million.
Justice David Beach's fiery comments came while the plaintiff's counsel was questioning an aquatic disease expert, Dr John Jones.
David Curtain, SC, asked Dr Jones whether it would have been reasonable to expect the Victorian government to quarantine the farm where the virus originated. Advertisement
The defence objected, sparking the ire of Justice Beach.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/judge-blasts-lawyers-in-abalone-case-20130929-2umfb.html#ixzz2gKMYMuJd |
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