Common Fund Orders (‘CFOs’) have had a significant effect on Australian third-party-funded class actions by requiring all class members to make a contribution to the third-party litigation funder’s fee in the event of a successful outcome. This altered past practice whereby only class...

The phrase ‘access to justice’ is growing more common in contemporary debates about the Australian civil justice system. This article examines the concept of access to civil justice, why it is important, and the obstacles to achieving it, before reporting the results of an empirical survey...

The question of creating an Australian head of state is a symbolic, constitutional and governance issue that remains unresolved. The lesson of the 1999 referendum is that for the current constitutional arrangements to be modified, there will need to be some consensus on a model. Yet at present...