Litigation Notes

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