Uber has agreed to pay A$ 271.8m ($ 178.3m, £140m ) to settle a lawsuit in Australia, according to a law firm for taxi operators and drivers.
On behalf of over 8, 000 taxi and hire automobile owners and drivers, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers filed the group activity.
The event alleged they lost money when the the ride- hailing large “aggressively” moved into the region.
The rules agency claimed that Uber “fought tooth and nail at every turn.”
The proposed settlement’s length was never made public by the company.
” Until the deal is finalized and the arrangement is disclosed to the judge,” it said, “it would be improper to comment on details.”
The group motion was filed against Uber in 2019 in the Supreme Court of Australia’s Victoria position.
” This case succeeded where so many others have failed. In Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, circumstances were brought against governments and all of them failed”, Maurice Blackburn main lawyer Michael Donelly said.
” We delivered what our team members requested, and we have not just another set of excuses,” he continued.
The court also needs to approve the proposed arrangement before any payments can be made because it serves the best interests of the group members.
San Francisco- based Uber, which was founded in 2009, operates in around 70 countries and more than 10, 000 locations worldwide.
It has been the subject of rallies from cab vehicles in numerous cities around the world over the years.
In December 2023, the firm won a lawsuit brought against it by 2, 500 vehicle drivers in France.
A Parisian judge ruled that Uber had not engaged in unfair competition.
The taxi drivers had been seeking €455m ($ 495.4m, £389m ).
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2 November 2023
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