Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
About
Our class actions
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is proud to be Australia’s leading class action plaintiff law firm. Our depth of experience has resulted in recovering more than $5 billion since starting our class actions practice in 1998. Maurice Blackburn’s practice is responsible for more than two thirds of all class action recoveries in the first 25 years of Australia’s regime.
The breadth and depth of our national team and their years of experience match the vast array of matters our expert team has worked on over the years. Our results and our experience are unmatched when it comes to Australian class actions.
Maurice Blackburn's cases have been influential in shaping the class action regime in Australia and the legislative operating environment that has enabled victims of mass wrongs to band together to hold large organisations to account and achieve justice.
Maurice Blackburn is renowned for recovering real compensation for clients and for running the largest and hardest cases the country has seen.
In recent news, we proudly delivered six of the top seven class action recoveries in Australia in 2024, having recovered more than $5 billion for clients since the inception of our class action practice in 1998.
We are also the only Australian class actions firm to deliver $100m+ recoveries to clients in shareholder and listed securities actions, which we have done on 10 occasions to date.
We have the experience that clients can count on to take on and successfully resolve the largest and toughest matters.
Are you part of a class action and want to learn more about it? Or are you thinking about starting or joining one? We're here to help guide you and answer all your questions. Learn more about our class actions and how you can be involved. Contact our experienced class actions lawyers today.
Top Tier Firm & Class Actions Team of the Year
Maurice Blackburn is proud to be recognised throughout the industry as:
- The only Band 1 Dispute Resolution plaintiff class action firm (Asia-Pacific) through Chambers and Partners in 2025,
- Top Tier firm in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Dispute Resolution in Class Actions 2024 to 2025,
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2024.
Our History
Lawyer, unionist and human rights advocate Maurice Blackburn founded the firm in 1919, and his values of social justice, fairness, compassion and tenacity remain true to the firm today. The law firm has contributed to some of Australia’s most influential legal decisions, from the 40-hour week and equal pay for women and Indigenous workers, to the fight against patenting of human genes and the largest class action settlements in Australian history. Our legacy grows as we continue to protect the exploited, free the wrongfully detained and hold the big names to account.
Today, Maurice Blackburn is one of Australia’s most established, successful and respected national law firms, spanning the country with over 30 permanent offices supported by visiting offices across the states and territories. With more than 1,000 staff, we employ some of the country’s best and most respected legal professionals and have specialist lawyers in different practice areas.
Landmark Cases Include:
- the Black Saturday bushfires class action, which resulted in a $794m pay-out to survivors
- the largest shareholder class action settlement in Australian legal history against Centro Group, which resulted in a $200m pay-out to Maurice Blackburn group members in 2012
- A record-breaking $272m settlement compensating taxi and hire car drivers for losses due to Uber's forced market entry, marking the fifth largest class action in Australian history.
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