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For parties to securities claims, a recent ruling clarifies that representative actions under CPR 19.8 do not oust the High Court’s jurisdiction to case manage such claims. ...

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...

Recent legislative and regulatory developments, including the Federal Government's draft regulations to deregulate litigation funding in class actions and the Civil Procedure...

Following the lead of other Australian states, a class action regime will soon be introduced in the Western Australian Supreme Court. We explain the background to the new regime, and highlight key differences to the regimes which apply in Courts in other Australian jurisdictions.

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In October 2015, the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia released its Final Report on Representative Proceedings (the Report). The Report made seven recommendations for reform...

The year ahead will see a number of issues arise in the class actions space, according to a number of key predictions from the team at Herbert Smith Freehills. Whilst 2021 was an eventful year for Au

Over the three decades since the introduction of the Federal Court of Australia’s class action regime, class action litigation has become an increasingly prominent feature of the Australian legal l