Litigation Notes

Coming to Life – Germany ushers in EU class actions directive

The Consumer Rights Enforcement Act (Verbraucherrechtedurchsetzungsgesetz) (VDuG) came into force in Germany on 13 October 2023, completing the long …

Class Actions in England and Wales podcast series: Episode 8 - Employment

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 20: General update

High Court confirms refusal of permission for ClientEarth derivative action against Shell directors

Class Actions in England and Wales podcast series: Episode 7 - Insurance

UK listing and prospectus regime reform: potential impact on securities litigation

The FCA has proposed a revolutionary restructuring of the UK listing framework in its consultation paper published in May 2023, as summarised in our …

Regime change - France to usher in new era for class actions

The French National Assembly has adopted legislation aimed at simplifying and harmonising the country's fragmented class actions framework. Subject to …

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 19: General update

Data class actions: claim for misuse of private information could not be brought as "opt-out" representative action

High Court refuses permission for climate-change activist shareholder to bring derivative action on behalf of Shell plc against its directors

Class Actions in England and Wales podcast series: Episode 6 – Product liability group actions

Group litigation orders: binding effect of decisions in test cases