On Just Terms

On Just Terms EP6: Is access to justice worse in 2022 than in 1962? with Jacob Varghese

November 29, 2022 Herbert Smith Freehills Episode 6
On Just Terms
On Just Terms EP6: Is access to justice worse in 2022 than in 1962? with Jacob Varghese
Show Notes

In this episode of On Just Terms, Jason Betts is joined by Jacob Varghese Chief Executive Officer of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers to discuss the litigious environment relating to social justice causes including their models of funding.

Jacob shares his perspectives on the use of class actions to seek access to justice, the regulatory pyramid, group costs orders, and emerging trends including the gig economy, and crypto. They also discuss the legal profession more broadly and the economic realities of a profession remunerated on input rather than value.