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The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s desire to breathe life into the collective proceedings regime is clear from its CPO approval rate & reluctance to strike out or summarily dismiss claims: Cameron Laing assesses the impact of its approach thus far

A brave new world? In the final update in this series by Penningtons Manches Cooper, Tom Stables & David O’Brien mull the future of group actions

A date has been set for the first stage of a gigantic opt-out class action against Facebook (now known as Meta), worth a potential £2.2bn

Law firms and entrepreneurs have backed the launch of an online platform designed to facilitate group actions

In the second of a special three-part series by Penningtons Manches Cooper, Colin Hayes considers developments on costs sharing in group actions

Eleanor Leedham reports on lessons learned from Mr Merricks’ multi-billion-pound action against Mastercard: what could this mean for other collective proceedings?

In the first of a special three-part series by Penningtons Manches Cooper, David Niven & Nicole Blakey sketch out the changing landscape of group actions & litigation funding in the UK

The Court of Appeal has unanimously rejected BT’s argument that a collective proceedings order (CPO) should be ‘opt-in’, in a mass action claiming it abused its dominant market position by charging excessive landline prices

Walter Merricks, who is bringing a pioneering ‘opt-out’ class action against Mastercard, has won the latest step in the mammoth litigation

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Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms

Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs

NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?

From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics

NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied

Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly

NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews

Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights

Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ

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Collective action

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Keoghs—four appointments

Brabners—Ben Lamb