| Description |
xliii, 437 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law monograph series ; 19 |
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Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law monograph series ; bk. 19
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Ken Adams, Helen Mould and Damian Grave -- 2. Class actions in Australia : recollections of the early days / The Hon Murray Wilcox -- 3. The first 25 years : has the class action regime hit the mark on access to justice? / The Hon Justice Bernard Murphy and Vince Morabito -- 4. Empirical perspectives on 25 years of class actions / Vince Morabito -- 5. Issues in case management of class actions and administration of settlements - Kilmore East/Kinglake bushfire trial / The Hon Justice Jack Forrest -- 6. Some forensic issues and techniques / The Hon Justice Jonathan Beach -- 7. Resolving multiple claims - how efficient is the class action regime? / Ruth Overington -- 8. Causation : establishing the critical link between misconduct and loss in securities class actions / Leah Watterson and Damian Grave -- 9. Measuring and proving loss in securities class actions / Michael Garner and Helen Mould -- 10. Litigation funding for class actions / Jason Betts, David Taylor and Christine Tran -- 11. Litigation funding and class actions - idealism, pragmatism and a new paradigm / Susanna Khouri, Wayne Attrill and Clive Bowman -- 12. Weighing the bird in the hand : settlement of class actions / Cameron Hanson -- 13. Class actions and social justice : achievements and barriers / Ben Slade and Jarrah Ekstein -- 14. Class actions and law reform : insights from Australia and England, a quarter of a century apart / Rachael Mulheron -- 15. Securities class actions in England and Wales : a gathering storm? / Harry Edwards and Simon Clarke -- 16. Section 33ZF : class actions problem solver? / Michael Legg and James Metzger -- 17. Side by side (A, B and C) : securities class actions and D&O insurance / Guy Narburgh and Sally-Anne Ivimey -- 18. A global class action landscape : US environmental and data breach class actions - a sign of things to come? / Ante Golem, Christine Tran, Scott Ivey and Jake Reynolds -- 19. Class actions : the good, the bad and the ugly / The Hon Ray Finkelstein |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Class actions (Civil procedure) -- Australia -- Cases.
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| Author |
Grave, Damian Bernard, 1968- editor
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Mould, Helen Clare, 1975- editor
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Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, issuing body
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| ISBN |
9780646967158 |
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