Two First Nations Elders will argue in court the Australian government has a duty to cut greenhouse gas emissions to ensure their homeland and people are protected.
Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The combination of community activism, journalistic investigation, political scrutiny and the legal aid system has ultimately provided a remedy to the victims.
Arbitration trials don’t always result in equal justice.
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The failure to regulate litigation funders is becoming more problematic. This is because more funders, particularly from overseas, are entering the Australian market.
The Great Southern case was Victoria’s largest ever class action and involved 22,000 group members and individual plaintiffs.
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The failed Great Southern class action, which saw lawyers receive substantially more compensation than victims, could be seen as making the case for contingency fees. The Productivity Commission recently…
The Great Southern class action was one of numerous shareholder class actions to have taken place this year.
AAP
Shareholder class actions have become a prominent aspect of the Australian litigation landscape, with suits against blue chip Australian corporations such as Centro, NAB and Telstra. But what do shareholder…