More than 6,000 members of the taxi and private driving industry are suing Uber.
More than 6,000 taxi and car-hire drivers, operators and licence owners across four states are taking on ridesharing giant Uber, as part of a major class action.Uber Australia and its parent companies will face allegations it operated illegally and, as a result, had an unfair competitive advantage over taxi and hire-car industry participants who were complying with the law.
The case covers drivers, operators and licence owners from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.He said he was forced out of business after Uber entered the Australian market."I just stopped driving that day and had to go home to be with my wife. In their summary of pleadings, the claimants allege Uber entities knew their operations in Australia were illegal for a number of reasons, including that the company"adopted a policy to operate in any market where the regulator had tacitly approved doing so by failing to take direct enforcement action".NSW established a $250 million"industry adjustment package" to compensate taxi drivers in December 2015.
Last year, the WA Parliament passed legislation to overhaul the taxi industry, including introduce a levy for taxi and Uber fares to help fund a taxi plate buyback scheme as part of wider reforms to the industry.The case is being backed by one of the world's largest litigation funders, Harbour.
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