In response to questions about what steps Wilson Security had taken when they became aware of allegations of assault, Rogers said: "we were aware of a range of claims, and there have been a range of claims made since early in our term in the contract.
Speaking on ABC's 7.30 on Thursday, Dutton made a wide range of claims about the incident reports published by the Guardian, the nature of the allegations they disclosed and whether Australia was responsible for what happened on Nauru.
The money is part of the $1.25 billion settlement that Switzerland's banks agreed on in August 1998 to cover a range of claims, including those from people who had inactive accounts dating from World War II.
Last month, Macy's was sued by a Bronx paralegal and other people with a range of claims about how Macy's polices shoplifting -- from racial profiling to false imprisonment.
The release is silent on whether the reported average of $420 of this wide range of claims costs are those for a given benefit package or an average over quite different benefit packages.
The families in question are suing over a range of claims for birth defects such as spina bifida, heart damage, cleft palates, deformed hands and feet – some claims are in the region of £6m – which they argue are the result of the children's mothers having taken an anti-epilepsy drug when pregnant.
In the Guantánamo case, Rasul v. Bush, No. 03-334, white is is clear that the detainees there can now bring habeas corpus petitions in federal court, the justices said little about the range of claims they could present or about how judges are to weigh those claims against the government's arguments about the need for continued detention.
We offer our opinion because it seems inappropriate to ignore the vast range of claims appearing in the media and in hopes that open discussion of these matters may help people distinguish the reality of global change sooner than would otherwise be the case.
The class action – which is being led by the law firm Maurice Blackburn – has as its lead plaintiff a young girl who was held in detention and is making a range of claims relating to medical concerns, the impact of being held in detention and the quality of care received there.
To answer those questions, however, the judge is being pressed to address a wide range of claims that touch on the fitness of both Ms. Grigorieva and Mr. Gibson, who in addition to his daughter Lucia has seven children with his wife, Robyn (who filed for divorce last year).
"I think that the language in many treaties is too vague in respect of investor rights and existing and future treaties should have much tighter language, which would limit the range of claims that can be brought under ISDS processes," he says.
