On 8 November the Queensland Parliament passed legislation that
introduces a new class action procedure in the Queensland Supreme
Court, the Limitation of Actions (Child Sexual Abuse) and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2016.
As was widely publicised at the time, the Queensland Floods
Class Action was commenced in the NSW Supreme Court as the action
could not be commenced in the Queensland Registry of the Federal
Court and the rules for representative proceedings in the
Queensland Supreme Court were considered inadequate and did not
match the class action procedure that was available in other State
Supreme Courts.
On 16 August 2016, the State Government announced the
introduction of legislation, which included amendments to the Civil
Proceedings Act 2011, which will introduce Part 13A entitled
"Representative proceedings in Supreme Court", a new
representative proceedings procedure to facilitate class action in
the Queensland Supreme Court. The legislation was
