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Stopping class actions in Australia - declassing 

Class actions in Australia

    Class actions continue to venture into areas where individual circumstances vary widely. But meeting the threshold to file a class action does not necessarily mean it should continue. Courts have exercised their discretion to declass where doing so would be in the interests of justice – including recently at appellate level. 

    While declassing applications remain uncommon, the scope to consider them is increasing.

    This quickguide does that.

     

    Stopping Class Actions: Declassing

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