
25 Years of Class Actions in Australia: 1992–2017 provides an extensive analysis of the law and practice of class actions in Australia over the last 25 years. Over 19 chapters, it features contributions from current and former members of the judiciary, including practitioners from leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.
The book contains a foreword by the Honourable James Allsop AO, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia.
- Introduction
Ken Adams, Helen Mould and Damian Grave - Class actions in Australia: recollections of the early days
The Hon Murray Wilcox AO QC - The first 25 years: has the class action regime hit the mark on access to justice?
The Hon Justice Bernard Murphy and Vince Morabito - Empirical perspectives on 25 years of class actions
Vince Morabito - Issues in case management of class actions and administration of settlements - Kilmore East/Kinglake bushfire trial
The Hon Justice Jack Forrest - Some forensic issues and techniques
The Hon Justice Jonathan Beach - Resolving multiple claims – how efficient is the class action regime?
Ruth Overington - Causation: establishing the critical link between misconduct and loss in securities class actions
Leah Watterson and Damian Grave - Measuring and proving loss in securities class actions
Michael Garner and Helen Mould - Litigation funding for class actions
Jason Betts, David Taylor and Christine Tran - Litigation funding and class actions – idealism, pragmatism and a new paradigm
Susanna Khouri, Wayne Attrill and Clive Bowman - Weighing the bird in the hand: settlement of class actions
Cameron Hanson - Class actions and social justice: achievements and barriers
Ben Slade and Jarrah Ekstein - Class actions and law reform: insights from Australia and England, a quarter of a century apart
Rachael Mulheron - Securities class actions in England and Wales: a gathering storm?
Harry Edwards and Simon Clarke - Section 33ZF: class actions problem solver?
Michael Legg and James Metzger - Side by side (A, B and C): securities class actions and D&O insurance
Guy Narburgh and Sally-Anne Ivimey - A global class action landscape: US environmental and data breach class actions – a sign of things to come?
Ante Golem, Christine Tran, Scott Ivey and Jake Reynolds - Class actions: the good, the bad and the ugly
The Hon Ray Finkelstein AO QC
Format:
paperback
Size: 246 × 172 × 22 mm
437 pages
Copyright: © 2017
ISBN: 9780646967158
Publication: 03 Mar 2017
Size: 246 × 172 × 22 mm
437 pages
Copyright: © 2017
ISBN: 9780646967158
Publication: 03 Mar 2017