KARPIK v CARNIVAL PLC (THE “RUBY PRINCESS”)

[2022] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 11

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Before Justice Stewart

Contracts (carriage of passengers) – Outbreak of Covid-19 onboard cruise ship – Passengers’ claim in tort and under consumer legislation – Application for stay – Incorporation of terms – Carrier’s terms and conditions – Exclusive jurisdiction clause – Class action waiver clause – Consumer law – Unfair terms –Representative proceedings under Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 – Australian Consumer Law, sections 18, 29, 60 and 61.