PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - representative proceeding - application for court approval of settlement of proceedings under s 33V of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) - where settlement has occurred after trial judge reserved judgment - whether the settlement is fair and reasonable and in the interests of the group members as a whole - factors relevant to the reasonableness of the settlement - whether the proposed settlement scheme is fair and reasonable - whether the eligibility criteria for participating in the settlement scheme are fair and reasonable - where exclusion criteria would preclude some group members from participating in the settlement scheme - whether the settlement approval costs and administration costs are reasonable - whether the releases and indemnities that the group members will be bound by are reasonable - whether the reimbursement costs for the lead applicants are reasonable - where the Court has received objections from some group members
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