Policy

Supplementary Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on Litigation and Class Actions

Further to this post, I made a supplementary submission to the inquiry into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action...

The end of common fund orders... or is it? The High Court's decision explained

Yesterday the High Court handed down its long-anticipated decision in BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster; Westpac Banking Corporation v...

Competing Class Actions Getting Hammered

After years of difficult and costly hearings and appeals about which legal team/funder will get to represent the plaintiff where...

Open vs closed class actions: is the ALRC throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

The Australian Law Reform Commission's Report 134, entitled "Integrity, Fairness and Efficiency—An Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings...

Why consumer credit protections should apply to small business

I made a submission to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in response to...

ALRC Litigation Funding Regulation Hits Major Stumbling Block

ASIC Opposes Proposed Role as Litigation Funding Regulator As many readers will know, the Australian Law Reform Commission ("ALRC") is...