‘Mass claims brought against six water and wastewater companies, alleging that the companies had breached competition law by misleadingly under-reporting the number of pollution incidents (PIs) they had incurred, will not be heard by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), it has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has overturned a ruling that 5,823 people with motor finance commission claims have to file individual claims, rather than sue via eight omnibus claim forms.’
Legal Futures, 5th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A circuit judge has refused to make a group litigation order (GLO) in relation to thousands of Plevin claims brought by one class action law firm, a move competitors had opposed.’
Legal Futures, 3rd March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Alame and others v Shell: Court of Appeal provide guiding principles on progressing a large environmental group litigation.’
Six Pump Court, 13th January 2025
Source: 6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘The unsuccessful claimant in the first opt-out collective action decided by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has been ordered to make an interim costs payment of £14m.’
Legal Futures, 21st February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that tens of thousands of benefit claimants can expect to receive significant compensation after several major court battles.’
The Independent, 14th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘3PB’s specialist commercial, public and information law barrister Mariya Peykova has written an article titled “Online dating platforms and the law: can you afford to swipe right for love?”’
3 Paper Buildings, 29th January 2025
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Lawyers representing 3,500 claimants are preparing to sue the pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over alleged links between talcum powder and cancer, in what is expected to be one of the largest pharmaceutical product group actions in English and Welsh legal history.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Thousands of Asda workers have won the latest stage in a decade-long equal pay case against the supermarket that could lead to a payout worth £1.2bn.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This autumn, it will be exactly 10 years since the Consumer Rights Act ushered in a new class action regime by allowing opt-out collective proceedings over infringements of competition law. The landscape has certainly changed: according to the Class Representatives Network, set up in 2023 by former financial ombudsman and high-profile class representative Walter Merricks CBE, 44 claims under the new regime have so far been filed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th January 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Plans to force AI developers to disclose what content they use to train their AI models could support a new wave of mass claims litigation by content creators, an expert in intellectual property law has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The groundbreaking collective action brought against Mastercard has settled, subject to approval by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), it was announced yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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.’
Legal Futures, 20th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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
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