What are class action lawsuits and are they common in Australia?

Representative proceedings are designed to bring together large numbers of claims for people affected by similar alleged misdeeds. So how do they work?

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In the just over 30 years since Australians have been able to take class action suits, the country has become one of the world’s liveliest jurisdictions.

After the US, Australia is one of the biggest markets in the world for class actions with well over 130 representative proceedings before the courts.

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