Pioneering collective action settles subject to tribunal approval – Legal Futures

Posted December 4th, 2024 in appeals, banking, class actions, compensation, consumer protection, news by tracey

‘The groundbreaking collective action brought against Mastercard has settled, subject to approval by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), it was announced yesterday.’

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Legal Futures, 4th November 2024

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Retired judge to front collective action against Google – Legal Futures

‘A retired deputy High Court judge is set to front a collective action worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online search advertising.’

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Legal Futures, 25th November 2024

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Class action firms eye million claims against Jaguar Land Rover – Legal Futures

Posted November 20th, 2024 in class actions, compensation, law firms, news by tracey

‘Two leading class action law firms have obtained a group litigation order (GLO) to open up a new front against a motor manufacturer for something other than emissions defeat devices.’

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Legal Futures, 20th November 2024

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Class actions in England and Wales – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 19th, 2024 in class actions, news by tracey

‘There has been a growing impetus in recent years to enable individuals in the UK to come together to bring the same or similar claims against those they believe are responsible for wrongdoing.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 15th November 2024

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Legal issue on ‘negligent’ advice from NHS England arises in long Covid litigation – Law Society’s Gazette

‘A judge has declined to decide whether NHS trusts which relied on ‘negligent’ advice from NHS England during the pandemic are liable for frontline healthcare workers’ long Covid.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 31st October 2024

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Court of Appeal refuses certification challenge in Gormsen v Meta – OUT-LAW.com

‘The Court of Appeal in London has dismissed arguments that the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) erred in law by permitting an “unfair pricing” argument and in its assessment of the “unfair trading conditions” argument.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2024

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Group flight claim thrown out as judge criticises financial motives – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 3rd, 2024 in airlines, class actions, delay, news by tracey

‘An attempt to bring a representative action worth £319m for delayed flights over six years has been thrown out by the High Court.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 2nd September 2024

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‘People tend to think these battles have been won’: Next equal pay claimant on fight for recognition – The Guardian

‘During an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.’

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The Guardian, 1st September 2024

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Eight opt-out class actions per person in the UK, research finds – Legal Futures

Posted August 9th, 2024 in appeals, class actions, competition, damages, news, statistics, tribunals by sally

‘Actions filed at the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) encompass a staggering 544m class members, the equivalent of 8.1 actions for each person in the UK, according to new research.’

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Legal Futures, 9th August 2024

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Tribunal requires overseas litigation funder to abide by ALF code – Legal Futures

‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has made an overseas funder’s compliance with key parts of the Association of Litigation Funders’ code of conduct a condition of granting a collective proceedings order.’

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Legal Futures, 7th August 2024

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Water companies win first stage of search providers’ overcharging claim – Legal Futures

Posted July 1st, 2024 in class actions, conveyancing, damages, news, water, water companies by tracey

‘Water companies have the upper hand after the first stage of a High Court claim brought by conveyancing search providers claiming to have been overcharged for a decade.’

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Legal Futures, 1st July 2024

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Court interpreter supplier faces group action over employment rights – Law Society’s Gazette

‘The language services company contracted to provide courtroom services faces a fresh headache after it emerged that interpreters and translators are joining forces to potentially bring a group claim over employment rights.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 27th June 2024

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Royal Mail owner faces £900m class action claim for ‘abusing dominant position’ – The Guardian

Posted June 21st, 2024 in class actions, competition, damages, news, postal service by michael

‘International Distribution Services (IDS) has been served with an £878m action by a newly formed company that said it represents an estimated 290,000 customers who claim they were overcharged as a result of Royal Mail’s behaviour.’

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The Guardian, 20th June 2024

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Amazon faces fresh CAT claims over marketplace practices – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 17th, 2024 in class actions, competition, damages, news by tracey

‘Amazon faces two new class action-style claims in the UK over alleged anti-competitive practices that those bringing the claims say have negatively impacted third-party sellers that use the company’s online marketplace.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2024

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Independent UK retailers claim £1bn damages against Amazon – The Guardian

Posted June 10th, 2024 in class actions, competition, damages, data protection, news by tracey

‘Independent UK retailers have launched the biggest ever retail class action with a £1bn claim for damages against Amazon, which they allege has been pushing them out of its online marketplace.’

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The Guardian, 7th June 2024

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Courts shine new light on the use of a single claim form involving multiple claimants – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 6th, 2024 in civil procedure rules, class actions, joinder, negligence, news by sally

‘A recent Court of Appeal decision brings welcome clarity as to when a single claim may be used to name multiple claimants in England and Wales, experts have said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2024

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Uber faces £250m London black cab drivers case – BBC News

Posted May 2nd, 2024 in class actions, computer programs, licensing, London, news, taxis by sally

‘Uber is facing a multi-million pound legal case being brought on behalf of almost 11,000 London black cab drivers, in the latest challenge to the firm in the UK capital.’

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BBC News, 2nd May 2024

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Representative actions under CPR 19.8: practical lessons to learn from Barclays Bank UK Plc v Terry – Gatehouse Chambers

Posted April 25th, 2024 in chambers articles, civil procedure rules, class actions, news by sally

‘The writers have the privilege of having been counsel for the Defendants in what is believed to have been a first case of its type in terms of the ‘bifurcated’ procedure used to dispose of a large number of related causes of action in a single representative claim.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 22nd April 2024

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Group action against law firm to go ahead with single claim form – Legal Futures

Posted April 19th, 2024 in civil procedure rules, class actions, law firms, negligence, news by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has allowed 134 claimants to start an action against a law firm with a single claim form, which their solicitor said will strengthen the trend for class actions in the UK.’

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Legal Futures, 19th April 2024

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Survivors of 2017 Ariana Grande concert bombing take legal action against UK agency – The Independent

‘More than 250 survivors of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, are taking legal action against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, lawyers said.’

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The Independent, 15th April 2024

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