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Opt-Outs United Kingdom Class Certification

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Funding Representative Actions: The Strategic Decision between CPR 19.8 and Collective Actions in the CAT

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The English High Court offers limited routes to bring “opt-out” group claims but, in recent years, funded claimants have attempted to bring representative actions under CPR 19.8 at a notable rate. The rule has been available,...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Class Action certification

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In the UK, since 2015, there has been a statutory class action regime allowing full opt-out or opt-in class actions for claim for breach of competition law. Competition claims require approval (or certification) before...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Class Actions Update: Merricks Secures Uncontested CPO, But the Competition Appeal Tribunal Shows It Retains Significant Teeth...

After protracted challenges to class certification status, in Merricks v Mastercard the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) granted its first collective proceedings order (CPO). The claim remains huge, comprising 46.2...more

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Certified Progress for the UK’s Collective Actions Regime - the First Opt-Out Class Action has been Approved

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This week has seen a major breakthrough in the UK’s fledgling class action regime, which brought opt-out collective proceedings to the UK for the first time back in 2015. The first opt-out collective action has now been...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Merricks v Mastercard: UK Class Actions Back Under the Spotlight

The English Courts have reignited the prospects of a £14 billion class action against Mastercard. In a much anticipated ruling, on 16 April 2019, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (the Court) granted an appeal by...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more

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Alert: UK Consumer Rights Act Ushers in New Era for Competition Litigation

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The UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) entered into force on 1 October. As well as amending a number of aspects of consumer protection law, the CRA implements sweeping reforms of the private competition litigation regime in...more

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