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The Sydney Tar Ponds Case: Shutting The Door On Environmental Class Action Suits In Nova Scotia?, Meinhard Doelle
The Sydney Tar Ponds Case: Shutting The Door On Environmental Class Action Suits In Nova Scotia?, Meinhard Doelle
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The case comment provides an assessment of the recent class action case in Nova Scotia regarding the notorious Sydney Tar Ponds contaminated site. The comment considers the implications for class actions and for environmental tort law.
Access To Justice And The Evolution Of Class Action Litigation In Australia, Bernard Murphy, Camille Cameron
Access To Justice And The Evolution Of Class Action Litigation In Australia, Bernard Murphy, Camille Cameron
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The federal and Victorian class action regimes are intended to facilitate aggregation of multiple claims. Aggregation can improve efficiency by combining similar claims and can enhance access to justice by providing a mechanism to litigate small claims. This article considers whether these efficiency and access aims are being achieved. The authors argue that whilst some developments in class action jurisprudence have been consistent with these legislative aims, other have not. Several features of Australian class action jurisprudence and practice have hampered the healthy development of the legislative regimes, including adverse costs orders, unclear threshold requirements, evasive posturing and unresolved class …
Access To Justice And The Evolution Of Class Action Litigation In Australia, Camille Cameron, Bernard Murphy
Access To Justice And The Evolution Of Class Action Litigation In Australia, Camille Cameron, Bernard Murphy
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The federal and Victorian class action regimes are intended to facilitate aggregation of multiple claims. Aggregation can improve efficiency by combining similar claims and can enhance access to justice by providing a mechanism to litigate small claims. This article considers whether these efficiency and access aims are being achieved. The authors argue that whilst some developments in class action jurisprudence have been consistent with these legislative aims, other have not. Several features of Australian class action jurisprudence and practice have hampered the healthy development of the legislative regimes, including adverse costs orders, unclear threshold requirements, evasive posturing and unresolved class …