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Litigation funder may set up law firm to capitalise on contingency fees
Class Actions 2020-02-21 4:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A major litigation funder in Australia is weighing its options after the High Court ended the practice of common fund orders and the Victorian Government introduced a bill allowing contingency fees, options that include establishing its own law firm

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No end in sight for epic Queensland floods class action
Class Actions 2020-02-21 12:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Dam operator Seqwater will appeal its loss in a long-running class action over the 2011 Queensland floods that destroyed over 2,000 homes, a move derided by the lawyer for the flood victims, who called for “an end to the injustice” her clients have suffered.

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Bill that would shake up class action landscape advances
Class Actions 2020-02-20 7:24 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Contingency fees are one step closer to becoming a reality in Australia, after the Victorian Parliament voted to advance a bill that would allow lawyers in the state to earn a percentage of recoveries in class actions.

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Judge proposes joint sitting as talks to deal with competing Monsanto class actions break down
Personal injury 2020-02-20 5:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judges overseeing two competing class actions against Monsanto in the Federal and Victorian Supreme Courts may hold a joint sitting as the multiplicity fight continues and the chemical giant flags a future bid to either transfer or permanently stay the state court proceeding.

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Contingency fees bill will help address wage theft ‘epidemic’, state MP says
Class Actions 2020-02-19 9:19 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A bill under debate in the Victorian parliament that would allow class action lawyers to charge contingency fees would improve access to justice and help address the current wage theft ‘epidemic’, a state Labor politician has said.

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Courts criticised for losing sight of justice in Takata airbag class closure challenge
Class Actions 2020-02-19 8:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

The lead applicants in seven class actions against auto manufacturers over explosive Takata airbags have criticised the courts for losing their way in ensuring justice is done, in a landmark challenge to class closure orders made in the cases.

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Great Southern investor’s fight over enforceability of Bendigo Bank loan revived on appeal
Class Actions 2020-02-19 3:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two investors in failed Great Southern Group managed investment schemes have lost their latest appeal over a controversial class action settlement deed that allowed Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to enforce loans issued to fund their investments. But a third borrower, who denied he was a member of the class action, has been given the greenlight to defend the bank’s recovery proceedings.

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Class action lawyer, funder Mark Elliott dies in vehicle accident
Class Actions 2020-02-18 10:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Melbourne-based class action lawyer and litigation funder Mark Elliott has reportedly died in a vehicle accident on his farm in Flinders, Victoria.

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Contingency fees bill a ‘handshake’ to Maurice Blackburn, Slater and Gordon, state MP says
Class Actions 2020-02-18 10:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Victorian politician has slammed a bill that would allow lawyers running class actions in the state to charge contingency fees, calling the proposal a ‘handshake’ to the country’s two largest plaintiffs law firms.

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No duty of care owed to Centrelink recipients, gov’t says in Robodebt class action defence
Class Actions 2020-02-18 9:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

Defending against a $300 million class action brought by Centrelink recipients over its Robodebt scheme, the Federal Government has told a court it did not owe a duty of care to people receiving benefits.

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