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The latest issue of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice (Volume 11 Part 2) contains the following material:
EDITORIAL – AUSTRALIA – General Editor: Professor Michael Legg
- Evidence of Conversations
EDITORIAL – NEW ZEALAND – General Editor: Roderick Joyce QSO KC
- Relationship Property “Minefield”?
Articles
Class Action Wars – Vicki Waye
Over the last 20 years the Australian class action landscape has rapidly evolved and class actions have increased in volume and importance. This growth has been fuelled by judicial innovation, a rise in litigation funding, the implementation of several state class action regimes and more recently by the introduction of contingency fee funding for Victorian class actions. As they have increased in importance, class actions have attracted polarised views regarding their efficacy for achieving access to justice and supporting the rule of law. These polarised views have, in turn, led to see-sawing policy approaches that deflect from larger institutional questions regarding how regulatory and privately driven action should best be leveraged to achieve just outcomes. This article discusses the rationale of class actions and suggests means to attain a better balance between regulatory and private redress.
- The Civil Liability Act … Has It Served Its Purpose? – Justice Richard Cavanagh
CASE NOTE – NEW ZEALAND – Editor: William Fotherby
- Ryan v Health and Disability Commissioner – Vicarious Liability a Tough Pill to Swallow for Medical Practitioners – Megan Jury
- The Australian Class Action: A 30-Year Perspective, by Michael Legg and James Metzger (eds) – Reviewed by Anton Burri
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