Optus outage could lead to class action
After an outage that affected over 10 million people and about 400,000 businesses, Optus is facing a government investigation that can potentially lead to another…
The latest from the Federal Court: December 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
The latest from the Federal Court: July 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
Court recognises indirect or market-based causation in shareholder claims
Market-based causation as a species of indirect causation is available in an action by shareholders seeking compensation for misleading statements made to the market by…
Supreme Court green lights concurrent class actions
Australian courts have broad powers to make orders to manage cases of multiple representative proceedings, or class actions, brought against the same defendant(s) if it…
Litigation funding revisited: all for one, one for all?
In Blairgowrie Trading Ltd v Allco Finance Group Ltd, the Federal Court rejected a ‘common fund’ application brought shortly after the commencement of proceedings that sought…