Sam Bytheway

Jul 29, 2024 | litigationfinanceinsider.com | Sam Bytheway

Ante Golem, Nataly Adams, Sam Bytheway and Michelle Zhu of HSF share that a full bench of the Australian Federal Court unanimously held that the Federal Court has the power to grant a “solicitors’ common fund order” – an order that a portion of the compensation from any settlement or judgment be used to remunerate the applicant’s lawyers for the value of their work, the expenses and outgoings they incurred and the financial risks they took – at the time of settlement or judgment.

Jun 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Aoife Xuereb |Gavin Wendt |Sam Bytheway |Elsher Keir

In Alford v AMP Superannuation Limited (No 2) [2024] FCA 423, the Federal Court dismissed the trustee respondents’ application for orders in relation to the form, timing, and distribution of an opt out and registration notice, a registration process prior to a pending mediation, and what has become known as a ‘soft’ class closure order, pursuant to ss 33J, 33X, 33Y and 33ZF of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth).