Class Actions

"Clayton Utz acts on some of the most complex litigation in Australia.” Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2007)

"Clayton Utz has always had a big disputes focus, and the team is renowned for its assertive litigation style”. Chambers Global 2008

"Clayton Utz won praise for its “active and energetic team, which gets results”. Areas in which it boasts “a track record of excellence” include “product liability, insurance, class actions, international arbitration and construction disputes. As such, it is involved in a good proportion of the more complex, high value cases on the market”. Chambers Global 2007

Clayton Utz' Class Actions group is perhaps Australia's leading class actions defence practice. Our specialist lawyers are at the forefront of developments in class actions, having been involved in almost every significant class action in Australia.

We have represented clients in class actions and multiparty proceedings in the Federal Court and in the New South Wales, South Australian and Victorian Supreme Courts. Our clients are local and international companies, often involved in complex, multi-jurisdiction class actions who need strong legal teams who can work together on international legal strategies.

We are renowned for responding quickly with pragmatic advice and systems to help clients navigate adverse media and manage relationships with shareholders, other stakeholders, government regulators, media commentators and plaintiff lawyers who are commonly involved. We maintain close relationships with our clients, so we can explore the range of remedies and strategic alternatives in order to defuse and minimise losses.

We are internationally recognised for our ability to gather and present complex financial, economic, scientific and medical evidence, using our lawyers' legal expertise and experience acquired in diverse industries. We have developed systems tested by litigation to handle complex litigation.

Our litigators have robust experience in various types of mass tort, class and multi-plaintiff actions, including securities litigation actions, and claims alleging infrastructure failure, product liability, and cartel and price-fixing, or arising from consumer finance and recovery.

This includes the growing trend of pure economic loss class and private enforcement actions.