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Mastercard has been refused permission to appeal the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) judgment greenlighting the claim in the mammoth class action launched by former Financial Ombudsman Walter Merricks.

They’re massive, big money, headline-grabbing and share-price rocking—and possibly coming to a court near you! At least, that’s if the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) continues on its current path of greenlighting opt-out collective proceedings.

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

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Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

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Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

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PM Law failures exposed in detail

Regulators missed several opportunities to intervene in PM Law Group before it collapsed, an independent review by City firm Jenner & Block has found

Employees transfer but liability remains

An employer’s vicarious liability for the alleged torts of an employee cannot be transferred by TUPE, the Court of Appeal has confirmed

Tiered fees for complaints could be costly

Tiered fees of up to £1,500 for Legal Ombudsman (LeO) cases could leave firms with little option but to pay out, lawyers have warned

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Collective action

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton