Common fund orders in class actions dealt fatal blow by High Court

Alec Leopold 2019-12-04 10:12 am By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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Judges have no power to order all class action members to pay a proportion of a litigation funder’s commission out of their share of a settlement, the High Court has ruled in a landmark judgment that deals a huge defeat to litigation funders.

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