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A multi-million dollar question – aggregating claims in class actions
Insight 08 Aug 2019

The New South Wales Court of Appeal has held in Bank of Queensland Limited v AIG Australia Limited1 that, under the terms of a civil liability insurance policy, each Class Member Registration For ...

Mind your followers' social media manners
Insight 28 Aug 2019

In a recent decision, the NSW Supreme Court, found that a company can be considered a publisher of allegedly defamatory comments posted by members of the public on its Facebook page. ...

ALRC Final Report: 'Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era'
Insight 10 Sep 2014

The Australian Law Reform Commission has released its long-anticipated final report on serious invasions of privacy The report proposes that a new statutory cause of action be implemented in a new stand-alone Commonwealth Act If adopted the proposal would have far reaching ramifications for ...

Court takes an expansive view of threshold requirement for class actions against multiple respondents
Insight 08 Sep 2014

A representative proceeding can only be commenced where seven or more group members have claims against the same person In proceedings with multiple respondents there has been conflicting authority as to whether each group member is required to have a claim against each respondent Last week in Cash ...

School chaplaincy program remains out of bounds of federal power
Insight 26 Jun 2014

In a decision that has potential implications for a raft of Federal Government programs the High Court held that legislation passed to authorise hundreds of government funding arrangements is invalid insofar as it relates to the national schools chaplaincy program The decision once again confirms ...

Class actions game changer averted - for now
Insight 10 Aug 2015

A potential game changer that sought to test the boundaries of the class action regime has been averted after the Federal Court refused to make a common fund order in the shareholder class action against Allco Finance The court has however questioned whether legislative reform is required to deal ...

Allens Accelerate: Get ready for the #IdeasBoom!
Insight 08 Dec 2015

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled the hotly awaited National Innovation and Science Agenda NISA The Prime Minister declared the beginning of the Ideas Boom stating that unlike the mining boom this is a boom that can continue forever The NISA comprises more than 20 individual policies and ...

Using 'reasonable endeavours' - the importance of internal contractual standards
Insight 28 Apr 2014

The High Court has recently highlighted the significance of internal contractual standards when interpreting an obligation to use reasonable endeavours Partner Nick Rudge and Lawyers Goran Gelic and Timothy Leschke report on this development and its implications ...

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