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Class Actions & Major Projects

The second International Class Actions Conference was recently held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney. Please find below the seminar papers from the conference:

Keynote Address: “Class Actions and Access to Justice”
     The Honourable Justice K E Lindgren - Federal Court of Australia

Class Actions in Australia – formation of the class
     Ben Slade – Principal, Maurice Blackburn

Recent developments in Shareholder class actions
     Andrew Watson – Principal, Maurice Blackburn

Shareholder litigation:  
     An important tool for effecting corporate governance reform
     Dr. Richard Leblanc & A. Dimitri Lascaris, Esq

• The new era of cartel class actions in Australia
  Kim Parker – Principal, Maurice Blackburn

The changing fund environment in class actions
     John Walker – Managing Director, IMF Australia Ltd
     (Power Point Presentation )

Class action law reform in Victoria: the views of stakeholders
     Dr Peter Cashman – Commissioner, Victorian Law 
     Reform Commission (Power Point Presentation )

Defendant’s perspective on proposed reforms and funding
     Michael Mills – Partner, Freehills

Shareholder class actions: institutional investors’ obligations 
     Chris Ketsakidis – Principal, Maurice Blackburn Commercial

Counting the cost – how can I tell how much my institution has      
     lost?
     Jacob Varghese – Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn

Employment & Industrial law

Work Related Injuries