Supreme Court of Victoria. Photo: Nicholas Filshie via Wikimedia Commons
The government said it is removing barriers to class actions to allow people who may not be in a position to take on the financial risks of a case to bring their class actions to court.
June 19, 2020 at 03:28 PM
1 minute read
Correspondent, Sydney
The original version of this story was published on Law.com International
Victoria has become the first state in Australia to allow contingency fees—a change the government says will make bringing class actions easier.
New legislation passed by the Victorian Parliament this week allows the Victorian Supreme Court to order that plaintiffs lawyers in class actions receive a contingency fee—a fee that is calculated as a percentage of the settlement or damages.
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