We are experienced in advising and acting on large-scale class actions, multi-plaintiff claims and litigation-funded claims.
Our team provides tailored advice and solutions on the procedural and substantive complexities arising from class actions and litigation funding arrangements. We use our experience in large-scale litigation and our pragmatic and commercial approach to provide strategic advice and advocacy that achieves our clients’ objectives.
We are actively following and participating in the Law Commission’s class actions and litigation funding project.
We also advise industry bodies and other clients on strategic and legal risk in this rapidly-evolving area.
acting for a group of defendants in a large scale consumer class action
acting for The A2 Milk Company Limited in applying to have a proposed class action in New Zealand stayed under the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 on the basis that an open class action pending before the Supreme Court of Victoria was the more appropriate forum for determining the matters in issue
acting for a defendant in a proposed class action concerning Alucobond PE (aluminium composite panel) cladding
defending former directors of Feltex in the liability and loss phase of the $200m litigation funded class action brought on behalf of more than 3,600 shareholder claimants arising from the Feltex IPO in 2004
acting for a major bank facing a litigation-funded class action brought by investors following the collapse of Ross Asset Management, a financial adviser revealed to have been operating a Ponzi scheme
acting for a corporate trustee defending a litigation-funded claim brought by the receivers of Capital+Merchant Finance Ltd following its collapse owing investors around $170m
acting for a corporate trustee defending a class action brought by investors following the collapse of LDC Finance Ltd resulting in investor losses of over $20m
