Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Fionnghuala Cuncannon, Partner, Cuncannon
Learning objectives:
- Identify and analyse recent judicial decisions impacting common fund orders and competing class actions
- Evaluate how courts are addressing common issues and interests in the context of class action litigation
Case Review: Recent Cases Updates
- Common fund orders
- Common issues/interests
- Competing class actions
Presented by Grant Shand, Principal, Grant Shand Barristers and Solicitors
Presenters
Grant Shand, Principal, Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors
Grant Shand is the principal of Grant Shand Barristers and Solicitors. He is New Zealand’s leading natural disaster lawyer. Since 2012 he has done hundreds of cases arising out of the Canterbury earthquakes and is still involved in two earthquake class actions against EQC and many court proceedings. He is now involved in flooding and landslip cases around the country, including two class action flooding cases against local authorities.
Fionnghuala Cuncannon, Partner, Cuncannon
Fionnghuala is experienced in civil and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, criminal prosecution, judicial review, and public law. Fionnghuala is a Senior Crown Prosecutor and member of the Cartel Prosecutors Panel. She is ranked in Chambers and Partners for Dispute Resolution and Competition/Antitrust. Her experience also includes teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer for Contract Law at Victoria University of Wellington, and contributing to Mahoney on Evidence (2nd Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2024).
