Presenters

Angela Pearsall, Partner, Ashurst
Angela has extensive experience in dispute resolution and is widely recognised as one of the leading litigation lawyers in Australia. She specialises in large-scale commercial litigation and class actions, as well as contentious regulatory investigations and litigation. Angela regularly handles complex litigation, having acted for global accounting and auditing firms for more than a decade. She has led litigation including class actions arising out of major corporate collapses, IPOs, capital raisings, complex financial instruments and financial services' obligations. She regularly represents banks, large corporates, preeminent global accounting and auditing firms and directors. Chambers Asia Pacific describes her as “an absolute standout" and “she's commercial, knows her field well and knows her matters inside out.“

Katherine McCallum, Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn
Katherine works on class actions in diverse areas of law, including mass torts, product liability, industrial relations, and corporations law. Her major cases have included the following. The Flex commissions class actions, brought on behalf of consumers against ANZ, Macquarie Bank, St. George, and Westpac for allegedly unfair conduct. The proceedings settled for $271.5 million. The NSW junior doctors class action, brought on behalf of junior doctors against the State of New South Wales for allegedly unpaid award entitlements. The proceeding settled for $229.8 million. The Montara oil spill class action, brought on behalf of Indonesian seaweed farmers against a petroleum company for loss caused by a major oil spill in the Timor Sea. The lead applicant succeeded at trial and the proceeding subsequently settled for $192.5 million. The DePuy knee implants class action, brought on behalf of people surgically implanted with failed prostheses against the manufacturer and distributor of those prostheses. Katherine also advises and acts for Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited.