Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Evans v Davantage Group Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] FCA 70 File number: VID 982 of 2018
Judgment of: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 5 February 2021
Catchwords: REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – approval of settlement – common fund order – returns to group members – deduction for "after the event" insurance premium – potential scope of s 33V(2) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – excess returns – cy-prés doctrine – settlement distribution scheme – settlement approved
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 33V, 33X, 33Z, 33ZB, 33ZF
Cases cited: Asirifi-Otchere v Swann Insurance (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] FCA 1885 Blairgowrie Trading Ltd v Allco Finance Group Ltd (No 3) (2017) 343 ALR 476 BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster (2019) 374 ALR 627 Evans v Davantage Group Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 884 Evans v Davantage Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 473 Kuterba v Sirtex Medical Limited (No 3) [2019] FCA 1374 Money Max Int Pty Ltd (Trustee) v QBE Insurance Group Ltd (2018) 358 ALR 382 Newstart 123 Pty Ltd v Billabong International Ltd (2016) 343 ALR 662 Perera v GetSwift Limited (2018) 263 FCR 92 Simpson v Thorn Australia Pty Ltd (t/a Radio Rentals) and Others (No 5) (2019) 141 ACSR 424 Williams v FAI Home Security Pty Ltd (No 4) (2000) 180 ALR 459
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
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