Litigation Notes

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 11: General update

Supreme Court finds claim for compensation under data protection legislation cannot proceed on "opt-out basis" in high profile Lloyd v Google case

Court of Appeal refuses extension of time to plead dates of damage in claims arising out of oil spill, meaning some 28,000 claims cannot proceed

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 10: General update

Court of Appeal confirms claims seeking remediation for damage to land allegedly caused by oil spill cannot proceed as representative action under CPR 19.6

First Collective Proceedings Order granted by the Competition Appeal Tribunal, in Merricks v MasterCard case

On 18 August 2021 the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) approved the first application for a collective proceedings order (CPO) under the UK’s …

British Airways data class action settles

High Court determines that reliance issues in context of a s.90A FSMA claim should be heard at first trial

At a recent case management conference in relation to a claim under section 90A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the High Court has held …

Consumer class actions - global perspectives

The latest edition of our Future of Consumer series looks at key areas of class action risk that businesses in the Consumer sector are facing across key …

Commercial litigation podcast series - Episode 7: General update

High Court strikes out s.90A FSMA claims for failure to comply with pre-service joinder rules following expiration of arguable limitation period

The High Court has struck out certain of the claims brought against G4S under section 90A Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), in a judgment …

The evolution of class actions in South Africa

In an article published on our global class actions hub, Jonathan Ripley-Evans and Fiorella Noriega del Valle of our Johannesburg office consider the …