‘A significant inequality of arms’: Funding led to better outcome in PFAS class action, judge says

Alicia Lyons 2020-06-09 3:00 pm By Alison Eveleigh | Sydney

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The judge overseeing three class actions against the Commonwealth over its use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam, which have settled for $212.5 million, said backing by a litigation funder led to a better outcome for group members, who would otherwise have been in the disadvantaged position of “supplicants requesting compensation”.

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