Class actions

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

Show

Results

E-newsletter Sign-Up

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Read All

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS

Read All

NLJ this week: Motor commissions & fiduciary duties

The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings

NLJ this week: The power of Interpol red notices

Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Approach with caution post-Mazur

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?

Philip Sales is selected as next Deputy President

Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year

Tax shock ahead for partners?

Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget

Error message

Class actions

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington