Judge puts class action lawyers on notice to reduce costs with junior barristers

Alec Leopold 2021-04-28 3:02 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

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A Federal Court judge has ordered that a referee consider how junior barristers were used in assessing the legal costs in an insurance class action against Westpac which the bank has agreed to pay up to $30 million to settle.

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