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Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz
- Mar 19, 2019
- 4 min
NSWSC class actions do not require the plaintiff to have a claim against all defendants
There was an interesting decision handed down by Garling J in the NSW Supreme Court last week in Fernandez & Anor v State of New South Wales & Ors [2019] NSWSC 255, saying that the plaintiff in a class action does not need to have a claim against all defendants. The case concerns a claim made against the State of NSW and various local health districts on behalf of people who have been made to guarantee a patient's debt where the patient was not eligible for Medicare benefits.
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Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz
- Jan 29, 2019
- 8 min
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 and Third-Party Litigation Funders", has finally been released publicly. As I have noted before, I was involved in authoring two submissions to the inquiry into the litigation funding and class action systems (on behalf of Levitt Robinson and NSW Young Lawyers), and I am happy to say that both submissions were extensively cited in the final
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Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz
- Nov 13, 2018
- 8 min
Class actions settlements: approving the settlement but not the costs
In Botsman v Bolitho [2018] VSCA 278, Tate, Whelan, and Niall JJA of the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal have substantially redefined the Court's powers under s 33V of the Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic) (which is equivalent to s 33V of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) or s 173 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)). The decision is notable for a number of reasons. First, it is arguably the second time in Australia that a class action settlement approval h
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Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz
- Sep 23, 2018
- 6 min
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 currently conducting an inquiry into the federal class actions regime and the regulation of litigation funders, and have been accepting submissions in response to a Discussion Paper. I was a co-author of both the Levitt Robinson and the NSW Young Lawyers submissions. The Discussion Paper and the submissions canvassed a number of issues and I w
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