Voluntary dismissal of individual claims following denial of class certification does not manufacture finality to create appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1291.
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Court approved $494M Black Saturday bushfire class action settlement under Part IVA, addressing litigation funding arrangements and settlement approval principles.
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.
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.
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