Monday, 17 January 2022
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Marland Law
Mr Tom Marland, Principal
National Farmers Federation
Mr Ben Rogers, General Manager, Workplace Relations and Legal Affairs
Mr Nathan Pennetta, Policy Officer, Workplace Relations and Legal Affairs
Law Council of Australia
Mr John Emmerig, Co-chair, Class Actions Committee, Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution Section
Mr John Farrell, Senior Policy Lawyer
Attorney General's Department
Dr Albin Smrdel, Assistant Secretary, Legal System Branch
Treasury
Mr Tom Dickson, Branch Head, Corporations Branch
Mr Matthew Bowd, Director, Funds Management, Reporting and External Administration Unit
Public hearings by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
Friday, 12 November 2021
Main Committee Room
Parliament House
Canberra
Omni Bridgeway
Mr Andrew Saker, Managing Director & CEO and Chief Strategy Officer
Litigation Lending Services
Mr Warren Mundine, Board Member
Association of Litigation Funding of Australia
Mr John Walker, Chairman and Director, Investor Claim Partner
Australian Industry Group
Mr Hamish Harrington, Senior Adviser, Workplace Relations Policy
Mr Stephen Smith, Head of National Workplace Relations Policy
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Mr Christian Gergis, Head of Policy
Law Council of Australia
Mr John Emmerig, Co-Chair, Class Actions Committee, Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution Section
Mr John Sheahan QC, Member, Class Actions Committee, Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution Section
Mr John Farrell, Senior Policy Lawyer
Mr Lachlan Armstrong QC, Private capacity
Dr Peter Cashman, Private capacity
The Rule of Law Institute of Australia
Mr Chris Merritt, Vice–President
Phi Finney McDonald
Mr Ben Phi, Managing Director
Shine Lawyers
Ms Janice Sadler, Head of Class Actions
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Mr Andrew Watson, National Head of Class Action
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Ms Joanna Bird, Executive Director, Financial Services and Wealth
Ms Kate Metz, Senior Executive Leader, Investment Managers
Attorney-General's Department
Dr Albin Smrdel, Assistant Secretary, Legal System Branch
Mr Anshu De Silva Wijeyeratne, Principal Legal Officer, Court Reform Section, Legal System Branch
The Department of the Treasury
Mr Tom Dickson, Branch Head, Corporations Branch
Mr Matthew Bowd, Director, Funds Management, Reporting and External Administration Unit
Additional Hearing Information from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
1
Litigation Capital Management: Response to evidence given by Mr Chris Merritt in public hearing on 12 November 2021 - received on 16 November 2021
2
Letter from Dr Albin Smrdel, Attorney-General's Department, correcting evidence given in public hearing on 12 November 2021 - received on 18 November 2021