25 years of class actions in Australia

1992-2017

Edited by Damian Grave and Helen Mould

Regular price $150.00 Sale

Format: paperback
437 pages
ISBN: 9780646967158

Publication: 03 Mar 2017

Publisher: Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law

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