7 November 2017: “always difficulties associated with externally funded litigation” says Court

Court and decision maker: Master Sanderson in the Supreme Court of Western Australia
Citation and link: Minister For Environment -v- Eclipse Resources Pty Ltd (Administrator Appointed) [2017] WASC 318

Recent Class JudgementsDavid BurstynerNovember 13, 2017Adley Burstyner

14 September 2017: Common fund order made for 20% success fee in Stolen Wages Case. Defendant’s claimant database to be used.

The case is a class action to recover Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders’ wages misappropriated between 1939 and 1972. Till this judgment the case was limited to persons who had signed a litigation funding agreement (known as a closed class).

Recent Class JudgementsAdley BurstynerNovember 10, 2017Recent Class Action Judgements

31 October 2017: Is one year after settlement approval too late to try and deduct new legal expenses and taxes from a class action settlement fund?

Nearly two years after a settlement scheme was devised, the plaintiff’s lawyer (as scheme administrator) requested four new types of costs. The Court granted two of the costs (tax and accounting fees), and denied two (expert costs and more generous administration costs).