InBrief

The Centre for Law and Economics at The Australian National University is holding a major Conference on Collective Redress and Litigation Funding in connection with a major research program it is currently co-ordinating. The Conference will bring together academics, policy analysts and legal practitioners to systematically review the status of collective litigation and litigation funding in their respective regimes, and debate outcomes to date. A number of keynote local and international speakers have already been confirmed.

The Conference will act as a follow-up to two previous conferences held in Oxford in 2007 and 2008 on the Globalisation of Class Actions, but will expand the focus to cover other forms of collective redress and litigation funding. The Conference in 2009 will be in Australia and consist of two sessions:

• the first on Friday, 11 December at The Sydney Law School, University of Sydney;� with a focus on law and policy issues of interest to law professionals, regulators and policy makers; and

• the second on Saturday, 12 and Sunday, 13 December at the ANU in Canberra, with a focus on the research agenda and collaboration opportunities to help advance research in the area internationally.

Please visit the CLE's web site for the conference flyer and registration form.

1 December 2009