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In this fifth episode, we are excited to speak with Felicity Karageorge, a Senior Associate with Johnson Winter & Slattery, one of Australia's leading independent law firms. Felicity is a specialist in class action claims and large-scale commercial litigation, acting for plaintiffs and defendants in some of Australia’s most significant and high-stakes disputes.

Felicity was named as a Key Lawyer in dispute resolution in the Legal 500, as the only Senior Associate named for the firm. She was a finalist for Senior Associate of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2021 and named as a Lawyerly Litigation Rising Star for 2021. She also received an Excellence Award, Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year at the Australasian Law Awards 2020 and was a finalist for the Litigation and Dispute Resolution category at the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards. Prior to joining Johnson Winter & Slattery, Felicity completed an LLB (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Economics and Finance) at the University of Notre Dame Australia.

Felicity has kindly agreed to join us for a part 1 and part 2 discussion about the recent cases surrounding mining giant, Arrium. Today, for part 1 of our discussion we are going to talk about the recent High Court case of Walton v ACN 004 410 833 (formerly Arrium Limited) (In Liquidation) which allowed an appeal from, the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, overturning the NSW Court of Appeal’s decision to set aside an examination summons. In part 2 of our discussion which will be the subject of a separate podcast, we will discuss the recent class action claim against Arrium involving the issue of a group costs order.