Corporations Amendment (Improving Outcomes for Litigation Funding Participants) Bill 2021 [electronic resource] / Economics Legislation Committee.

Bills referred to Senate Committees

Canberra ACT : Economics Legislation Committee, 2022.©2022

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics Legislation Committee. author. issuing body.

Scarr, Paul. organiser.

01-01-2022

1 online resource (vii, 63 pages)

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online resource

Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 2022, no. 40.

WEB (Copy 1) INTRANET 1327646-1001 ONLINE

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Australian Law Reform Commission

Class actions

Corporations law

Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

Law Council of Australia

Bills

Corporations Act 2001

Legislative amendments

Senate Economics Legislation Committee

"February 2022"

Chair: Senator Paul Scarr.

Includes bibliographical references.

9781760933463

MEMBERS -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION -- Referral -- The problem -- Background -- Purpose of the bill -- Summary of the new laws -- Compatibility with human rights -- Legislative scrutiny -- Financial implications -- Previous inquiries -- Conduct of the inquiry -- Structure of the report -- Acknowledgements -- References to Hansard -- CHAPTER 2-VIEWS ON ASPECTS OF THE BILL -- Introduction -- Returns to litigation funders -- Fettering the court's consideration of factors in determining returns to funders -- Definition of a class action litigation funding scheme -- Definition of a claim proceed -- Impact on Australia's open class model -- Suitability of the Managed Investment Scheme regime to regulate class action funders -- Issues raised by the National Farmers' Federation -- Committee view -- CHAPTER 3-VIEWS ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE BILL -- Introduction -- Views on the constitutionality of the bill -- Consideration of the bill's constitutionality -- Committee view on the constitutionality of the bill -- DISSENTING REPORT BY LABOR SENATORS -- APPENDIX 1-SUBMISSIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- Submissions and additional information from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services -- APPENDIX 2-PUBLIC HEARINGS -- Public hearings by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services.

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