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Western Australia's New Class Actions Regime Commences

A significant newly enacted class actions regime has come into force in Western Australia, as of 25 March 2023. The Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Act 2022 (WA) ("Act") was enacted in September 2022,...more

4/5/2023 / Australia , Class Action , Class Members

Australian Class Actions Update: Class Actions to Remain a Material Risk

Recent legislative and regulatory developments, including the Federal Government's draft regulations to deregulate litigation funding in class actions and the Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Bill 2021, which...more

11/11/2022 / Australia , Class Action , Class Members , Litigation Funding

Australian High Court Rejects "First to File" Approach to Choosing Between Competing Class Actions

There is no "one size fits all" approach to competing class actions. Five competing and overlapping shareholder class actions were commenced in two separate Australian courts against AMP Limited. All actions were...more

3/17/2021 / Australia , Class Action , Class Members , First-to-File , Litigation Funding , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders , Supreme Court of New South Wales

Class Action Reform Imminent in Western Australia

The Situation: The Parliament of Western Australia has introduced new legislation to modernise the State's class action regime (which is seen to be outdated, uncertain and silent on many important procedural aspects of...more

7/12/2019 / Australia , Class Action , Class Members , Global Disputes , Legislative Agendas , Limitation Periods , Tort Reform

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