Litigation Notes

Representative actions under CPR 19.8: Settlement means key questions on funding and damages will have to wait

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 27: General update

Representative actions under CPR 19.8: High Court strikes out claim for compensation on behalf of passengers in 116,000 delayed or cancelled flights

Competition Appeal Tribunal considers when funders can be paid out of agreed damages following settlement of collective proceedings

The Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") has held that the class representative in the ongoing "Maritime Car …

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 24: General update

Court of Appeal clarifies when multiple claimants can bring claims using a single claim form

Case management and disclosure implications of environmental group action being brought as "global claim"

Representative actions under CPR 19.8: High Court to consider important questions relating to funding and damages for class members

Competition collective proceedings: broad right of appeal and no general prohibition on communications between defendants and class members

In December the Court of Appeal issued a key decision on the developing competition class action regime in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), in the …

Environmental litigation: Group claims must proceed as "global claims" unless individual claimants' losses tied to specific oil spills

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 22: General update

Representative actions: Court of Appeal decision gives go ahead for secret commissions claim, but suggests only limited issues may be dealt with on "opt-out" basis