Legal Briefing: Western Australia's Class Action Reform Bill

In October 2015, the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia released its Final Report on Representative Proceedings (the Report). The Report made seven recommendations for reform, including that Western Australia enact legislation to create a regime for 'representative actions' based on Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) (FCA).

The Bill

On 28 October 2021, the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia passed the Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Bill 2021 (WA) (the Bill). The Bill is currently before Western Australia's Legislative Council. If passed, the Bill will provide a legislative representative proceedings regime in the Supreme Court of Western Australia (the Court).