A Class Half Full

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A legal podcast dealing with the class action regime in Australia

Douglas Campbell


    • Dec 12, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    Common Fund Orders - Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 14:25


    This episode dives more fully into the murky waters of post-Brewster common fund orders and looks at the alternative of an expense sharing order.

    11: Common Fund Orders - Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 13:56


    Up until late 2019 common fund orders had developed as a convenient way for a litigation funder could determine and lock-in the likely return on any funding provided. They spread legal costs and funding commission in a pro-rata way across all class members. However things changed in late 2019 with the High Court's decision in Brewster. This episode explores how common fund orders developed and what changed with Brewster.

    10: Interview with Justin McDonnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 19:55


    In this episode of A Class Half Full, Douglas Campbell speaks with Justin McDonnell, senior consultant at King & Wood Mallesons, who reflects on his experience acting for Defendants in a number of high profile class actions including the Brisbane Floods class action and his thoughts on where class actions may be heading.

    9: Concluding Actions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 15:18


    Everybody hates a class action where the only beneficiaries are the lawyers. In this episode, Douglas discusses class action settlements that only benefit the lawyers involved, and there is nothing left over for the claimants.

    8: Pre-trial Discovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 15:54


    Douglas discusses the implications for class actions following the decision of Justice Lee in the ongoing Matheson Property Group matter to make an order for discovery of a party's insurance policies.

    7: Interview with Jerry Tucker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 28:06


    Today, Blair Hall interviews Jerry Tucker, an associate at Bottoms English Lawyers in Cairns. Ms Tucker essentially ran Australia's largest class action - the Stolen Wages class action - and in this episode explains what it was like to be involved in a case of that scale.

    6: Contradictors Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 12:52


    Douglas continues his discussion of contradictors.

    5: Contradictors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 17:15


    In this episode, Douglas Campbell discusses the role of court-appointed contradictors in the class action process. Contradictors are typically barristers who provide their opinion on whether or not a proposed settlement is fair and reasonable in the circumstances.

    4: Problems with Opt-out Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 13:18


    In this episode, Douglas Campbell QC discusses various problems with opt-out notices, such as opting out after the time limit has elapsed, and who should get the notice in the first place.

    3: Opt-out Notice Requirements

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 17:21


    Today, Douglas discusses the requirements for an opt-out notice.

    2: The Opt-Out System

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 10:21


    In the second episode of A Class Half Full podcast, Douglas Campbell QC discusses the use of the opt-out system in Australia. How did it come about and what are its weakness.

    1: Exploitation of Class Members

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 12:57


    'A Class Half Full' is a new legal podcast by Douglas Campbell QC and Blair Hall, tackling the class action system in Australia. This episode is an introduction to the podcast as a whole, as well as thoughts about the underlying concept behind class actions in Australia - particularly that they can be commenced without the consent or even knowledge of those people who may be affected by any decision. Because there is the potential of exploitation of group members legislation and particularly the courts have taken their own measures to group members from exploitations. This episode looks at why the system operates as it does and begins to look at the type of protection that legislation and the court put in place to protect group members. Hence the title Exploitation of Class Members.

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