In the High Court's recent decision in Lancaster and others v Peacock QC [2020] EWHC 1231 (Ch), the court has taken the rare step of commenting on how test cases should be selected in group litigation.
Alan Watts and Maura McIntosh have published an article in PLC Magazine which considers the decision and its implications for class action test case selection and strategy. Click here for a copy of the article, which first appeared in the September 2020 issue of PLC Magazine: http://uk.practicallaw.com/resources/uk-publications/plc-magazine.
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Alan Watts
Partner, Head of Class Actions, UK and EMEA, London
Maura McIntosh
Knowledge Counsel, London
Tracey Lattimer
Knowledge Lawyer, London
Camilla Macpherson
Knowledge Lawyer, London
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