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Class Actions and Litigation Funding

Project status: Preparing report Start date Last updated 03 May 2022

A class action is a court proceeding in which a group with similar interests collectively sues one or more defendants. The court proceeding is brought by a representative plaintiff on behalf of the class. We do not currently have class actions in...

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