Verdict on class actions: high costs, low benefits
A return to sanity for disclosure class actions Chris Merritt 7 January 2021 Published in the Australian Newspaper James Paterson’s inquiry into class actions and litigation funding has been presented with details of a financial scandal that will make...
Premier Dan Andrews at risk from his class action fees creation
Premier Dan Andrews at risk from his class action fees creation Chris Merritt 18 September 2020 Published in the Australian Newspaper Last November, when the Victorian government introduced contingency fees for class actions, few would have guessed...
A return to sanity for disclosure class actions
When the Howard government changed the rules on continuous disclosure in 2002 it had the best of intentions: it believed it was improving corporate regulation. But clever lawyers have exploited that change to turn listed companies into sitting ducks for opportunistic...
Senate dithering keeps lawyers at the class-action trough
ABC faces tough fight in Christian Porter defamation case Chris Merritt 19 May 2021 Published in the Australian Newspaper Let’s get this out of the way at the start: class actions are good. They are an efficient method of dealing with a large number of...