Current Trends in Australian Shareholder Class Actions - Presentation to Australian Insurance Law Association

Abstract

Shareholder class actions in Australia have become a staple of litigation in Australia. However, the jurisprudence around the shareholder class action continues to develop. This paper discusses a number of significance developments including the Full Federal Court's reinterpretation of the requirements for class actions to be commenced, develops in the funding of class actions, causation, institutional investors and settlement.