Wong & Silkfield

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1998-1217 FCA I
Date1998
Year1998
CourtFederal Court

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4 cases
  • Cantor v Audi Australia Pty Limited (No 5)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 1 April 2020
    ...question is whether the objector is prepared to assume the role − and risks – of being lead plaintiff: cf Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1421 at (h) in relation to provisions for costs-sharing among the successful group members, again an important consideration is where the group membe......
  • Thomas v Romeo Lockleys Asset Partnership
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 19 September 2022
    ...question is whether the objector is prepared to assume the role — and risks — of being lead plaintiff: cf Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1421 at (h) in relation to provisions for costs-sharing among the successful group members, again an important consideration is where the group membe......
  • Jenkings v Northern Territory of Australia (No 4)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 26 July 2021
    ...Pty Ltd v Robinson (No 2) [2018] FCA 1491 University of Sydney v ResMed Limited (No 4) [2010] FCA 1403; 120 ALD 16 Wong v Silkfield [2000] FCA 1421 Wotton v State of Queensland (No 10) [2018] FCA 915 Pearson v State of Queensland (No 2) [2020] FCA 619 Division: General Division Registry: No......
  • Fisher (trustee for the Tramik Super Fund Trust) v Vocus Group Limited (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 4 May 2020
    ...(2000) 180 ALR 459 Wingecarribee Shire Council v Lehman Brothers Australia Ltd (in liq) (No 9) [2013] FCA 1350 Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1421 Date of hearing: 24 April 2020 Registry: Victoria Division: General Division National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations Sub-area:t......
1 books & journal articles
  • Class action settlements in Australia - the need for greater scrutiny.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 38 No. 2, December - December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...(114) See, eg, Weimann v Allphones Retail Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 537 (20 May 2011) [31] (Foster J). (115) See, eg, Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1421 (2 October 2000) [34]-[36] (Spender J); Fowler v Airservices Australia [2009] FCA 1189 (19 October 2009) [36]-[38] (Bennett J); Harrison v ......