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Group actions: Time to join forces? Premium Content
In the first of a special three-part series by Penningtons Manches Cooper, David Niven & Nicole Blakey sketch out the changing landscape of group actions & litigation funding in the UK
13 May 2022 / David Niven / Nicole Blakey
BT opt-out appeal fails
The Court of Appeal has unanimously rejected BT’s argument that a collective proceedings order (CPO) should be ‘opt-in’, in a mass action claiming it abused its dominant market position by charging excessive landline prices
11 May 2022
Merricks opt-out moves closer
Walter Merricks, who is bringing a pioneering ‘opt-out’ class action against Mastercard, has won the latest step in the mammoth litigation
17 March 2022
Opt-out moves closer in Merricks v Mastercard
Walter Merricks, who is bringing a pioneering ‘opt-out’ class action against Mastercard, has won the latest step in the mammoth litigation
12 March 2022
Collective proceedings orders: the story so far… Premium Content
With the floodgates beginning to open, Caroline Harbord & Candice Johnson examine the first collective competition claims under the opt-out regime
11 February 2022 / Candice Johnson / Caroline Harbord
NLJ comment: Google endures a court double of highs & lows
Google watchers will have noted the search engine giant’s ‘action-packed’ week in the courts―winning in the Supreme Court but losing in the European Court of Justice
23 November 2021
A bumpy ride ahead for Google? Premium Content
Google and its detractors suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, as David Greene reports
19 November 2021 / David Greene
Google escapes massive compensation claim
The Supreme Court has called a halt to a massive class action against Google over a data protection breach
14 November 2021
Opt-out class widens net
A second opt-out Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) has been made, this time in the £469m Justin Le Patourel v BT claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
06 October 2021
Group actions: a perfect storm brewing? Premium Content
Merricks v Mastercard heralds a new era of opt-out claims: what does this mean for insurers & consumers? Samantha Silver reports
10 September 2021 / Samantha Silver
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