header-logo header-logo

NLJ this week: Opt-out class actions

10 September 2021
Issue: 7947 / Categories: Legal News , Collective action
printer mail-detail
56829
What implications does the Merricks v Mastercard case have for insurers and consumers?

The Competition Appeal Tribunal certified the case last month as suitable to go ahead on an opt-out basis. £7.2bn is potentially at stake. It would be the largest group action in English history.

Samantha Silver, partner at Kennedys Law, believes a cultural shift is afoot. Writing in this week’s NLJ, she looks at what the case may mean for funders, consumers and insurers.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
back-to-top-scroll