A INDEPENDENT BREWER'S CLASS ACTION COULD BE FREE

I'm explaining one way that this Misuse of market power / beer tap contracts Class Action case could be financed without brewers having to write cheques.

Tap Contracts ActionDavid BurstynerJune 15, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action, Adley Burstyner

Contract & Gypsy: No longer dirty words

Though often difficult to distinguish, the easiest way to differentiate between contract and gypsy brewing is to look at who’s doing what.

Tap Contracts ActionAdley BurstynerJune 14, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action, Adley Burstyner

Court approves class action settlement and funding equalisation order

The case had been expected to recover $30m but ended with a lump sum settlement sum of $6.75m.

Recent Class JudgementsAdley BurstynerJune 13, 2017Adley Burstyner

CLASS ACTION PROCEDURE & KEY POINTS FOR BREWERS: SETTLEMENT PROTECTION

From time to time I will post bits of information about class action process, so that Independent brewers considering the potential case understand how class actions work.

Tap Contracts ActionAdley BurstynerJune 13, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action, Adley Burstyner

Fonterra announces $14m expansion to meet Asian demand.

New Zealand dairy group Fonterra will spend NZD$20 million ($14.2 million) in expanding its Te Rapa factory to meet growing demand for butter and cream cheese in Asia.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerJune 6, 2017Fonterra, Farmgate Milk Price Action, Dairy Farmers, Adley Burstyner

Murray Goulburn announces opening farmgate milk price.

MURRAY Goulburn’s opening price of $4.70 a kilogram of milk solids for its southern suppliers next season has been met with shock and anger by dairy farmers.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerJune 6, 2017Murray Goulburn, Farmgate Milk Price Action, Dairy Farmers, Adley Burstyner

Tap contracts reform is no silver bullet

"Large brewers have created Potemkin Villages of brands to make it easier for publicans to hide that they are offering little real choice."

Tap Contracts ActionGuest UserJune 6, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action, Adley Burstyner

Class action brewing on tap contracts

“The Facebook page is a way of gauging whether there is a critical mass out there. It’s starting to very much look like it, but if brewers want this [to proceed] they’ll have to jump on the Facebook page or contact me, for two reasons: One, we won’t do it if there isn’t a critical mass. Two, if they don’t step up they won’t get the benefit of it.” Adley Burstyner

Tap Contracts ActionAdley BurstynerJune 6, 2017

Appellate court confirms no recusal of judge for bias

Recent Class JudgementsDavid BurstynerJune 2, 2017Recent Class Action Judgements, Adley Burstyner

Fury over latest offer to Fonterra milk suppliers

Poor business acumen and extreme mismanagement by the board was behind Murray Goulburn’s decision, while Fonterra did the same thing in a year it went on to post an $800 million profit – making the demands for cash a bitter pill for producers to swallow.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerMay 31, 2017Fonterra, Farmgate Milk Price Action, Dairy Farmers, Adley Burstyner

Taphouse buyers pledge independence

“We do not and will not participate in the market-distorting practice of beverage rebates.”

Tap Contracts ActionAdley BurstynerMay 30, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action, Adley Burstyner

The Pay-To-Play Scandal In The Beer Biz: How Far It Goes Nobody Knows

The Americans call it "pay to play”: favors for product placement which "falls somewhere below the line of what’s legal or ethical".

Tap Contracts ActionAdley BurstynerMay 29, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action

Boycott Fonterra products

AN ONLINE petition calling for Fonterra to pay back their suppliers has attracted more than 19,500 signatures in a couple of weeks.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerMay 29, 2017Fonterra, Farmgate Milk Price Action, Dairy Farmers, Adley Burstyner

Fonterra revenues increase to $13.9bn

Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, posted revenue of $13.9bn (€8.75bn) for the first nine months of 2016/17, which is up by 8% on the same period last year.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerMay 29, 2017Fonterra, Farmgate Milk Price Action, Dairy Farmers, Adley Burstyner

Under new rules for what was the CBIA....

Under new rules for what was the CBIA, membership will be prohibited for brewers that are more than 20 per cent owned by large brewers or other businesses that hold significant brewery holdings in Australia or overseas

Tap Contracts ActionAdley BurstynerMay 29, 2017Dominant Brewers' Tap Contracts Action, Adley Burstyner

Manner of controlling and establishing class action = abuse of process.

In Walsh v Worley Parsons [2017] VSC 292, delivered 26 May 2017. Cameron J stayed a shareholder class action as an abuse of process. Amongst other things the Court made observations about the role of a litigation funder.

Recent Class JudgementsAdley BurstynerMay 26, 2017

Fonterra chucks its suppliers under bus

“Picture a situation like what Fonterra did to us in a different work environment. It would be illegal to take money back from someone after they have already been paid for supplying goods,” Mr Jones said.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerMay 26, 2017Fonterra, Farmgate Milk Price Action, Dairy Farmers, Adley Burstyner