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

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