The coronavirus has arrived in Australia just as class actions are becoming increasingly profitable and popular. The people who benefit most are likely to be lawyers. By James Mathias.
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Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has placed a dubious legal reform in front of the medical crisis that is preoccupying every other politician in the world. By James Mathias.
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Billions of dollars are flowing to the lawyers and funders of class actions while those who should get the money – the victims – are sometimes getting nothing. By Jason Falinski.
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The Victorian Government wants to allow lawyers to take a bigger cut of the damages in class-action cases. But the profits in this low-risk sector are already high. By James Mathias.
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Democracy is diminished when litigation is used as a political weapon. By Nick Cater
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