Common fund orders in class actions either ‘premature’ or ‘pointless’, joint appeals court told
Alec Leopold 2019-02-04 8:39 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney
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An appeal before a historic joint sitting of two courts over so-called common fund orders in class actions kicked off Monday with a full bench of six judges and a packed courtroom hearing arguments by eminent barristers for BMW and Westpac that the orders are either preemptive or pointless.

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