Tim West and Jon Gale from Ashurst in London are joined Nick Mavrakis from Ashurst in Sydney, to discuss emerging trends and issues in Australia’s class action landscape.

With its mature class action regime, Australia is often seen as a harbinger of what’s to come in the UK. So, in this episode of our class action mini-series, we’ve invited Nick Mavrakis from Ashurst’s Sydney office to share the latest highlights and lowdown from Down Under.

Nick discusses the prevalence of shareholder class actions, pharmaceutical claims, product liability, and banking disputes. He emphasises the sophisticated plaintiff’s bar and profitable litigation funding environment that is, in part, driving these actions. Data breach claims are also more prominent, he says, in the wake of rising cyberattacks in Australia and overseas.

In conversation with Tim West and John Gale from Ashurst in London, Nick also discusses the pros and cons of different settlement strategies for class actions. And the trio explore the vexed issue of privacy, including the UK’s Supreme Court case involving Google and a more recent case again involving Google and its AI division, DeepMind.

To follow this continuing class actions series, subscribe to Ashurst Legal Outlook on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

The information provided is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all developments in the law and practice, or to cover all aspects of those referred to. Listeners should take legal advice before applying it to specific issues or transactions.

Tim West and Jon Gale from Ashurst in London are joined Nick Mavrakis from Ashurst in Sydney, to discuss emerging trends and issues in Australia’s class action landscape.
With its mature class action regime, Australia is often seen as a harbinger of what’s to come in the UK. So, in this episode of our class action mini-series, we’ve invited Nick Mavrakis from Ashurst’s Sydney office to share the latest highlights and lowdown from Down Under.
Nick discusses the prevalence of shareholder class actions, pharmaceutical claims, product liability, and banking disputes. He emphasises the sophisticated plaintiff’s bar and profitable litigation funding environment that is, in part, driving these actions. Data breach claims are also more prominent, he says, in the wake of rising cyberattacks in Australia and overseas.
In conversation with Tim West and John Gale from Ashurst in London, Nick also discusses the pros and cons of different settlement strategies for class actions. And the trio explore the vexed issue of privacy, including the UK’s Supreme Court case involving Google and a more recent case again involving Google and its AI division, DeepMind.
To follow this continuing class actions series, subscribe to Ashurst Legal Outlook on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
The information provided is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all developments in the law and practice, or to cover all aspects of those referred to. Listeners should take legal advice before applying it to specific issues or transactions.

The commercial world is always changing and the legal landscape never stands still. Keeping pace with all those changes, and knowing how they affect your organisation, is a big responsibility and a challenging task. Ashurst Legal Outlook will keep you at the forefront of the most pressing legal issues, offering insights from legal experts across our international network.

The commercial world is always changing and the legal landscape never stands still. Keeping pace with all those changes, and knowing how they affect your organisation, is a big responsibility and a challenging task. Ashurst Legal Outlook will keep you at the forefront of the most pressing legal issues, offering insights from legal experts across our international network.

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Tim West and Jon Gale from Ashurst in London are joined Nick Mavrakis from Ashurst in Sydney, to discuss emerging trends and issues in Australia’s class action landscape.

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