The High Court is poised this week to issue its judgment in a case challenging the validity of common fund orders in class actions, a […]
The careful, methodical approach of 20-year class action veteran and Allens partner Jenny Campbell is in demand in the fast-changing class action world, where the […]
The Full Federal Court is set to hear appeals in four class actions in the August sitting, giving the court a chance to address important […]
Businesses and other class action defendants have paid in excess of $4 billion in settlements since the class action regime was introduced in Australia, and […]
Australia’s four biggest lenders had an expensive year in court last year, but with cases spilling over into the new year and the fallout from […]
A challenge to the legality of common fund orders, an appeal to the High Court over the power of judges to stay competing cases, one […]
Last year was an exciting one for class action lawyers, with monumental court decisions on competing cases, cross-jurisdictional spats, proportionality in settlements and the power […]
As judges grapple with fierce competition among litigation funders and law firms to lead class actions, Lawyerly asked two leading practitioners on opposing sides of […]
The two criminal cartel cases brought by the ACCC in the past three months are just the beginning, lawyers say, with three or four more […]
Regulating third-party litigation funders gets a resounding yes, but experts are divided on removing the ban on contingency fees and other recommendations for reforming the […]