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Policyholder Insurance Highlights 2018
Read our assessment of the key lessons for insurance policyholders from last year’s top cases. This unique publication focuses on business …
Casual employment and double dipping continues to take centre stage
We discussed in our previous Legal Briefing1 the flurry of recent activity with plaintiff-focussed litigation funders and law firms instituting and …
Competing class actions are again in the spotlight
The Full Federal Court has confirmed that the Court has the power to solve the growing problem of competing class actions and stop copycat class actions …
Employment class actions threaten to disrupt employers and unions alike
Over the past decade at least, many businesses have become alert to the burgeoning trend of class action law suits in Australia. Class actions, for …
Competing Class Actions: Permanent Stays and Claim Selection
The recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia in GetSwift to permanently stay 2 out of 3 competing class action claims and to select the claim …
Class Actions and Litigation Funding
Class actions place an enormous burden on corporate Australia and the growth of the country’s sophisticated third party litigation funding market has …
Policyholder Insurance Highlights 2017
Read our assessment of the key lessons for insurance policyholders from last year’s top cases.This unique publication focuses on business implications …
Developments in the Australian class action landscape
There have been significant developments in the class action landscape in Australia, including an increase in the volume of claims, and growth in class …
VLRC review into Litigation Funding and Group Proceedings
On 17 July 2017, the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) released a consultation paper as the next step in its review of the potential risks and cost …
Use of ATE insurance as security for costs
In the decision of Petersen1 in June this year, the Federal Court of Australia confirmed that an appropriately worded “adverse costs” or “after the …
Herbert Smith Freehills secures three Partner of the Year awards
Three Herbert Smith Freehills partners have been recognised as the leading practitioners in Australia in their areas of expertise at the second annual …
One step closer to Australian data breach class actions
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2016 (Cth), which received assent on 22 February 2017, proposes a number of amendments to the …
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