Full Record

1. Overview of class actions in Australia -- 2. Commonwealth and State legislation for representative proceedings -- 3. Jurisdiction and choice of forum -- 4. Threshold requirements for commencement of a representative proceeding -- 5. The role of a representative party -- 6. Status of group members in a representative proceeding -- 7. Pleadings in representative proceedings -- 8. Case management of representative proceedings -- 9. Opting out and notice to group members --10. Competing representation, multiple claims and consolidation -- 11. Security for costs -- 12. Insurance -- 13. Discovery and other means of obtaining evidence and other information -- 14. Conduct of representative proceedings -- 15. Trial of representative proceedings -- 16. Conclusion of representative proceedings and appeals -- 17. Class closure -- 18. Settlement of representative proceedings -- 19. Court approval and settlement administration -- 20. Costs and fee agreements -- 21. Third party funding of representative proceedings -- 22. Suspension of limitation periods: section 33ZE -- 23. Shareholder class actions -- LIST OF APPENDICES -- 1. Federal Court of Australia Materials -- 2. Supreme Court of Victoria Materials -- 3. Supreme Court of New South Wales Materials -- 4. Supreme Court of Queensland Materials -- 5. Supreme Court of Tasmania Materials -- 6. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (US) -- 7. Rules of Court for Representative Proceedings -- 8. Pleading the requirements of section 33H -- 9. Notices approved by courts informing group members of commencement of representative proceeding and of their right to opt out -- 10. Notices approved by courts to identify group members able to maintain a claim in the proceeding and to inform group members of the proposed settlement and of their right to object -- 11. Schedule of class action settlement court approvals -- 12. Insurance policy references -- 13. The initial risk analysis -- 14. Due diligence process -- 15. Omni Brid