Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Wills v Woolworths Group Ltd [2022] FCA 1545 File number: VID 1131 of 2018
Judgment of: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 19 October 2022
Date of reasons: 20 December 2022
Catchwords: REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – approval of settlement under s 33V of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – appropriateness of funding commission – legal costs and disbursements – referee's report – orders made
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 33V Legal Profession Uniform Law ss 174, 178, 182, 199 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Vic) Sch 1
Cases cited: Blairgowrie Trading Ltd v Allco Finance Group Ltd (in liq) (No 3) (2017) 343 ALR 476 Foley v Gay [2016] FCA 273 Williams v FAI Home Security Pty Ltd (No 4) (2000) 180 ALR 459
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
Number of paragraphs: 101
Date of hearing: 2 August and 19 October 2022
Counsel for the Applicants: Mr N Hutley SC with Mr G Donnellan
Solicitor for the Applicants: Maurice Blackburn
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr N De Young KC
Solicitor for the Respondent: King & Wood Mallesons
ORDERS VID 1131 of 2018
BETWEEN: NORMAN LESLIE WILLS AND JANE ANNE DANAHER (AS TRUSTEES FOR THE MINTY TIN SUPERANNUATION FUND) Applicants
AND: WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD (FORMERLY WOOLWORTHS LTD) (ACN 000 014 675) Respondent
order made by: BEACH J DATE OF ORDER: 2 AUGUST 2022
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