Appeals court in BHP class action battle questions superiority of no win, no fee model
Appeals 2019-05-27 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne
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Maurice Blackburn’s funding model rejected by a judge overseeing a beauty parade of class actions against BHP appeared structured to incentivise the firm to push up its legal fees, an appeals court said Monday on the first day of a high stakes hearing challenging a decision to shut down two of three competing cases against the mining giant.

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