🎧 HSF Podcast: On Just Terms S2 E13: Across the Tasman: New Zealand's class actions landscape with Bell Gully

Published on October 14, 2026

In this episode, partners Jason Betts and Aoife Xuereb speak with Sophie East and Jesse Wilson, partners at Bell Gully, about the evolving class actions landscape in New Zealand and how it compares with developments across the Tasman.

They explore the foundations of New Zealand's representative proceedings regime, the significance of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Ross v Southern Response, and the increasingly important role of litigation funders. The conversation also examines the claims driving activity in the market, the growing influence of Australian class action trends on claim theories and parallel proceedings, and what may lie ahead for the New Zealand class actions landscape.

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