William Atfield
Clayton Utz
Articles
Supreme Court of Victoria grants first successful application to secure contingency fee class action funding arrangement
Australia - March 3 2022 Allen v G8 Education Limited [2022] VSC 32 is the first successful application for a contingency fee funding arrangement since legislative reform to…
Countdown continues until strict button battery standards become mandatory
Australia - July 22 2021 On 22 June 2022, new mandatory safety and information standards regulating the supply of button batteries - and consumer Products Containing them -…
After 30 years, class action regime still plagued with uncertainty
Australia - March 7 2022 Thirty years ago, the federal class actions regime was introduced to enhance access to justice, resolve disputes more efficiently, and avoid…
Contingency fees now available for class actions in the Victorian Supreme Court, so expect more class actions
Australia - June 19 2020 Plaintiff lawyers will be allowed to charge contingency fees in class actions commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria and for those fees to be…
The ACCC's product safety focus in 2021: bikes, babies and button batteries included
Australia - April 1 2021 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) sets areas of priority for each year in addition to its core functions. Last week, the…
