Scenic Class Action Judgment for reduction in value
On 26 August 2022, the Court made orders for the award of “reduction in value” damages for all remaining group members. These orders took into account any refund amounts which Scenic proved they had paid to each group member.
In total, the Court ordered that Scenic pay the following amounts (in addition to the amounts set out in our 11 July 2022 letter):
- A$8,389,633.66
- CA$954,158.02
- US$262,297.79
- NZ$243,629.29
These amounts which Scenic has been ordered to pay include damages and interest calculated for each individual group member.
We are now working to defend against the appeal brought by Scenic in respect of the Court’s judgment. This appeal will be heard in late October 2022. The hearing is currently scheduled to take three days. We expect that there will be a result from this appeal in early 2023.
In the meantime, we are also working to put in place the next steps for the determination of the remaining claims for damages for all other group members, consisting of the claims of those group members for distress & disappointment and any potential entitlement to wasted airfare expenditure.