We have provided a submission to the Australian Law Reform
Commission's (ALRC) Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and
Third-Party Litigation Funders. As a global law firm, our
submission draws on our local and international experience in
acting in class action proceedings. A number of our Australian
partners are experienced insurance law litigators and are uniquely
placed to address some of the issues raised by the ALRC Discussion
Paper.1
We have acted in many of the most significant class actions in
Australia in both the Federal and State courts. These include
Australia's largest natural disaster class action to date,
arising from the 2011 Queensland floods, and the class actions
emanating from the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday bushfires, which
resulted in the largest settlement in Australian class action
history. We have acted in defence of parties and as advisors to
directors and officers (D&O) insurers in securities class
actions (both Australian and London
