High Court of Australia backs ‘beauty parades’ for multiple class actions

The High Court has backed the idea that judges can conduct a “beauty parade” when there are multiple class actions afoot and select a law firm to run the case, but suggested that using a “special referee” could be a better way to solve the problem.

The court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by one of the losers in a selection process run by Justice Julie Ward in the NSW Supreme Court for those wanting to sue AMP over revelations at the banking royal commission.

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