‘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.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘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.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st October 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘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.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘An attempt to bring a representative action worth £319m for delayed flights over six years has been thrown out by the High Court.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘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.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘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.’
Legal Futures, 9th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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.’
Legal Futures, 7th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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.’
Legal Futures, 1st July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th June 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘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.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘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.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘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.’
The Guardian, 7th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘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.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘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.’
BBC News, 2nd May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘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.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 22nd April 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘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.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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.’
The Independent, 15th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Listed law firm Rosenblatt is facing the prospect of having to pay out millions of pounds after the High Court allowed proceedings for costs orders against it to proceed.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 30 current and former Metropolitan Police officers are suing the force “for personal injury and losses following their role in the Grenfell Tower fire”, it says.’
BBC News, 10th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has given the go-ahead to a mass legal action against Facebook owner Meta, potentially worth £3bn.’
BBC News, 15th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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