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The Review: Class Actions In Australia 2024/2025

King & Wood Mallesons' annual report, The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2024/2025, charts a record-breaking year for class actions - from unprecedented settlements to landmark High Court rulings.

Australia Litigation

KW

King & Wood Mallesons

Regulatory And Class Action Risk Symposium

Corporate risk in Australia is increasingly defined by the aligned issues of regulatory compliance and the threat of class action litigation.

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: Australia

Class actions are an established form of litigation that have grown significantly in Australia over the two decades and have become the fastest growing species of litigation in Australia.

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: Scanning Global Trends And Risks

Their rise is a 21st-century phenomenon shaped by megatrends such as globalisation, digital transformation, economic development, rapid consumerisation, and heightened expectations of corporate responsibility.

Worldwide Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Legal Team Outlook

Australia Law Performance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Financing Of Australian Class Actions—Solicitors Common Fund Order Disallowed

Australia Litigation

JD

Jones Day

High Court reinforces fee boundaries: Solicitor's CFOs ruled out in class actions in NSW and all States where the solicitors' rules do not permit contingency fees

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

Clouds Over Blue Sky: High Court Limits Solicitors' CFOs

Australia Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How Data Analytics Makes The Difference In Expert Matters

Australia Litigation

FC

FTI Consulting

How A 'Dirty' Expert Helps Clean Up Your Accounting Evidence

Australia Litigation

FC

FTI Consulting

What is a class action and is it right for your legal case?

Australia Litigation

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Soft closure, big decision: High Court grants class closure orders in Lendlease Class Action

Australia Litigation

B

Barry Nilsson

Tips and traps for obtaining and relying on expert evidence

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

Insights into Arbitration and Litigation Funding with Matt Lee, LFM Disputes

Australia Litigation

CP

Cathro & Partners

New English Requirements For Visas

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Insights Into Property And Debt Market

Australia Real Estate

CP

Cathro & Partners

Cyber Security: Two Months In Retrospect (Australia) - August And September 2025

Australia Technology

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What Happens When An Employee Runs Out Of Sick Leave?

Australia Employment

S

Swaab

ESSENTIAL ESG SPECIAL EDITION - Responsible AI Governance: Emerging Legal Risks And Regulatory Trends

Australia Technology

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Widely accepted practice in medicine allows for more than one solution to a health issue

The court emphasised the importance of the neutrality of retained experts.

Australia Litigation

B

Barry Nilsson

The Australian High Court endorses soft class closure notices

Landmark decision has major implications for representative proceedings. Courts have the power to approve 'soft class closure' notices under s175(5) CPA.

Australia Litigation

GC

Gilchrist Connell

Class actions and regulatory intervention – Two sides of the same sword?

Regulatory and class actions share a common motive; deterrence, both specific and general.

Australia Litigation

HN

Holley Nethercote

The future of class actions - potential issues for financial institutions, their directors and insurers

The current issues facing defendants and their insurers in securities and consumer class actions and what the future might hold.

Australia Litigation

K

Kennedys

Medibank Class Action: Navigating The Legal Privilege Maze

Australia Technology

AO

A&O Shearman

Top Civil Cases of 2024: Key Precedents That Shaped Australian Law

Australia Litigation

OC

O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Expert evidence and privilege in Australian courts – a cross-jurisdictional insight

Australia Litigation

PA

Piper Alderman

Emerging trends in settlement approval and distribution

Australia Litigation

PA

Piper Alderman

ASIC Enforcement Of Australia's Continuous Disclosure Regime Gets A Boost Through Government Response To Independent Review On Continuous Disclosure Laws

Australia Commercial

JD

Jones Day

First Tranche Of Australia's Much Anticipated Privacy Law Reforms Revealed

Australia Privacy

JD

Jones Day

Administrative Review Tribunal: A change that merits discussion

Australia Litigation

HR

Holding Redlich

Success in class action for business disruption due to Sydney light rail roadworks

Australia Litigation

S

Stacks Law Firm

Understanding class action lawsuits in Australia – a comprehensive guide

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Ruby Princess class action waiver clauses unfair

Australia Commercial

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Administrative Review Tribunal: A change that merits discussion

Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme Report established that an effective merits review tribunal is crucial.

Australia Litigation

HR

Holding Redlich

Success in class action for business disruption due to Sydney light rail roadworks

The legal basis for the success of the class action rested on the law of torts and what is termed "private nuisance".

Australia Litigation

S

Stacks Law Firm

Understanding class action lawsuits in Australia – a comprehensive guide

Looks at what a class action is & discusses their benefits and shortcomings.

Australia Litigation

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Ruby Princess class action waiver clauses unfair

Looks at the Judgment finding the class action waiver clause as unfair terms under ACL & potential implications moving forward.

Australia Commercial

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

The Post-reform Workplace: New trends, challenges and opportunities

Australia Employment

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Ruby Princess class action: Federal Court finds Carnival Cruises to be negligent

A class action lawsuit was brought against Carnival Cruises over its negligent handling of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Australia Coronavirus

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

When might issues of independence and credibility go to the admissibility of an expert's evidence

Discusses recent case where evidential ruling made to exclude the expert evidence.

Australia Litigation

E

ExpertsDirect

Class Actions Fireside Podcast Series: EP21: Tips And Trends – Cyber Class Actions In Australia (Podcast)

In the latest episode of the Fireside Podcast Series, Christine Tran, Christine Wong and Brendan Donohue discuss the growing area of cyber class actions in Australia....

Australia Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court of Australia dismisses insurers' appeal to quash class action

The class action from a defective residential apartment building in NZ could proceed directly against insurers in NSW.

Australia Litigation

K

Kennedys

Litigation Funding Insights with Heather Collins

Australia Insolvency

CP

Cathro & Partners

Class action commenced over Covid-19 vaccine injuries

Australia Litigation

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Class Actions Fireside Podcast Series: EP20: In Conversation With Jerome Doraisamy, Lawyers Weekly

Australia Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Security For Costs Applications In Federal Court Class Actions

Australia Litigation

VY

Vincent Young

Optus Faces The Mother-of-All Data Breach Class Actions

Australia Privacy

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Western Australia's New Class Actions Regime Commences

Australia Litigation

JD

Jones Day

Momentum On Settlement CFOs Stalled (For Now)

Australia Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Should football players get compensation for their injuries?

Australia Litigation

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Australian Privacy Act Review Report Released

Australia Privacy

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Youth detainees riot at Banksia Hill Youth Prison in WA on NYE

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

The new battleground for crypto class actions

Australia Litigation

L

LegalVision

Wave Of Climate-Related Actions By First Nations Peoples Considered Precedent-Setting

Australia Environment

JD

Jones Day

Australian Class Actions Update: Class Actions To Remain A Material Risk

Australia Litigation

JD

Jones Day

Class Actions Fireside Podcast Series: EP19: Insuring Yourself Against Class Action Defence Costs

Australia Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Update: Western Australia's Class Action Reform Bill

Australia Litigation

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Class Actions Fireside Podcast Series: EP17: Bracing For A Year Of Change

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Shareholder class actions: What is the loss?

K

KordaMentha

Continuous Disclosure And Class Actions In Australia (Video)

D

Dentons

CU LAB: Trends in commercial litigation

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Clayton Utz

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