Class Actions

"Clayton Utz is known for its expertise in class actions”. Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2006)

Our Class Actions litigation group is perhaps Australia's leading class actions defence practice and has been involved in almost every significant class action in Australia. With a reputation that is second-to-none and lawyers who are a part of our top-tier Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, our group handles the most complex class actions in the country.

Our unmatched experience extends to securities litigation actions, claims alleging product liability, cartel and price-fixing, or claims arising from consumer finance and recovery.

• We have developed systems tested by litigation to handle complex litigation.
• Many of our cases have led to developments in class action laws and procedures, improving our clients' position (often as a defendant) and meeting their needs.
• Our experience in class actions that span multiple jurisdictions has given us a strong network of global relationships and we are practised at communicating issues in the Australian legal system to international management and legal teams (and vice versa). Clients can be assured that their international legal strategies will be seamless.
• We work with our clients to develop preventative strategies as well as defence strategies to allow the efficient conduct of litigation.