NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW SEMINAR SERIES

Quarter century of class actions in the Federal Court

This panel of experts in class actions will discuss the lessons we have learned in the 25 years since the enactment of Part IVA of the Federal Court of Act 1976 (Cth) and their expectations as to what the future may hold for class action litigation.

CHAIR Date: Wednesday 18 October 2017 The Honourable Bernard Michael Murphy Time: 5.15pm – 6.15pm Judge, Federal Court of Australia Venue: Level 8, Federal Court of Australia PRESENTERS Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building Ruth Overington, Herbert Smith Freehills 305 William Street, RSVP: Monday 16 October, online at Brooke Dellavedova, Maurice Blackburn  https://goo.gl/yzWVEF Professor Vince Morabito, Monash University http://www.monash.edu/law/research/centres/clars

The Federal Court of Australia will video cast the seminar to the following locations: Adelaide, address broadcast Sydney, address broadcast Perth, address broadcast Darwin, address broadcast at 4.45pm local time at 5.15pm local time at 2.15pm local time at 3.45pm local time Federal Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Courtroom No.3 Courtroom No.18D Courtroom No.4 Courtroom No.9 Roma Mitchell Commonwealth Law Courts Building Peter Durack Commonwealth Supreme Court Law Courts Building Queen’s Square, Sydney Law Courts Building Building State Square, Darwin 3 Angas St, Adelaide 1 Avenue, Perth Hobart, address broadcast Brisbane, address broadcast at 5.15pm local time Canberra, address broadcast *The Federal Court will video Federal Court of Australia at 5.15pm local time at 4.15pm local time cast the seminar to the following Courtroom No.1 Federal Court of Australia Federal Court of Australia locations pending registrations. Courtroom No.6 Edward Braddon Courtroom No.1 Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Commonwealth Nigel Bowen Commonwealth Law Courts Building Law Courts Building Law Courts Building 119 North Quay, Brisbane 39–41 Davey Street, Hobart Childers Street, Canberra City

August 2017 CRICOS provider: Monash University 00008C This seminar may constitute CPD allocation within the Victorian Bar Rules and the Law Institute of Victoria