Class actions

Consumers will receive their Merricks v Mastercard compensation in the first half of next year, class representative and former Financial Ombudsman Walter Merricks has said

Public willingness to take part in class actions is rising, according to annual research by communications consultancy Portland

UK consumers will receive between £45 and £70 each from the £200m Mastercard class action settlement

One of the largest class action cases ever filed has been launched against Microsoft in the UK, alleging overcharging on software licences

Attitudes to class actions are shifting among the general public and business leaders, research shows.

A former judge is bringing an opt-out claim potentially worth billions of pounds against Google.

Elaina Bailes & Tom Otter chart the recent resurgence of representative actions post Lloyd v Google

Representative actions have serious potential for multi-party claims in investor and securities issues, as Elaina Bailes, LSLA committee member and partner, Stewarts, and Tom Otter, senior associate, Stewarts, explain in this week’s NLJ

Meta has failed in its attempt to stop a class action against it for allegedly abusing its dominant position by extracting commercially valuable data from users without offering payment

Group litigation, also known as class actions, is on the rise

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: New law, old convictions

Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice

NLJ this week: Beyond environmental offences

The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed

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Class actions

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions