Federal Court held representative proceedings under Part IVA permissible in franchise network class action where common issues predominated and claims arose from same or related circumstances.
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Court approved $494M Black Saturday bushfire class action settlement under Part IVA, addressing litigation funding arrangements and settlement approval principles.
Representative proceedings under O.15 r.12 require claimants to share the same interest; Singapore's limited class action mechanism applied in a construction industry dispute.
The 'same interest' requirement for representative actions is strictly construed, and minority shareholder claims must be distinguished between derivative and representative proceedings.
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