Collective and Class Actions
Class actions across borders: different regimes, common challenges
As collective actions evolve across jurisdictions, lawyers, funders and disputes specialists explore the common challenges shaping the future of mass claims
Quinn Emanuel’s London head joins Mariana Dam team
Richard East adds heft to team supporting Pogust Goodhead amid dispute over control of £36bn claim
‘Historic outcome’: CAT approves £260m UK collective action settlement with Google
Competition Appeal Tribunal approves deal over Play Store commissions paid by developers
Former Pogust Goodhead chief executive joins BGI in battle for control of Mariana Dam litigation
Thomas Goodhead reunites with former PG partners as October hearing looms over which firm should represent Brazilian claimants
High Court rejects bid to pause Mariana Dam litigation amid claimant representation dispute
An October hearing will be held in public to resolve what firm represents the claimants in billion-dollar London litigation
Pogust Goodhead challenges decision by Mariana Dam litigation client committee to instruct new lawyers
Firm seeks court declaration clarifying if client committee has authority to change solicitors
Apple faces £2bn UK collective action over app tracking rules
Hausfeld acts for a former CMA antitrust director seeking certification to represent UK app developers against US tech giant
Dispute erupts among claimant firms over control of landmark Mariana Dam litigation
Pogust Goodhead challenges move by client committee to transfer case to former partners
App developers agree record £260m UK collective action settlement with Google
Competition Appeal Tribunal to rule on deal over Play Store commissions later this month
A new direction for UK collective actions?
Signature Litigation lawyers Becca Hogan, Tom Crawford and Nikki Sutton-MacGregor argue the case for striking the right balance for a more sustainable collective action regime
Merricks prepares to distribute £100m to consumers after settling dispute with Mastercard class action funder
Class representative considers giving consumers option to donate their share of settlement to charity
UK government seeks to rebalance collective actions regime without radical reform
Lawyers broadly support proposals to tighten certification while making funding more certain and improving compensation for consumers
High Court finds largely for manufacturers in ‘behemoth’ diesel emissions litigation
Liability ruling trims scope of largest group litigation to reach English courts
Pogust Goodhead teams up with Quinn Emanuel for next phase of Mariana Dam litigation
Firms are acting for claimants against BHP in one of the largest group actions in English legal history
Which? advances multibillion-pound class action against Apple
CAT grants collective proceedings order amid claims that US tech giant abused its dominant position in relation to its iCloud storage product