Medibank class action, Australian privacy regulator's case may face separate trials
By Saloni Sinha ( October 2, 2026, 07:17 GMT | Insight) -- A planned joint trial of the class action over Medibank’s 2022 data breach and the Australian privacy regulator’s enforcement case could be reconsidered after proposed amendments to the class-action pleadings raised questions about its scope. Federal Court Judge Jonathan Beach said Friday that the cases could instead be tried separately or through a narrower joint trial limited to overlapping issues. The court ordered the class action applicants to file revised pleadings by Oct. 16, with their amendment application to be heard on Oct. 30.The class action over Medibank’s 2022 data breach and the Australian privacy regulator’s enforcement case could be heard separately, with a judge reconsidering their planned joint trial amid a dispute over proposed amendments to the claimants’ pleadings....
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