Class Action in UK Law

  • Adams v Cape Industries Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 July 1989
    ... ... The first action was commenced in the Tyler Court in January 1974 and was framed as a ... Steger in December 1974 ruled that the actions should not proceed as class actions; that they should be conducted under the Federal "Rules for ... ...
  • Thompson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 February 1997
    ... ... for them to award a plaintiff who is successful in this type of action. As similar appeals are pending any guidance given by us on this subject ... in this judgement, it is now open to judges to give juries in this class of action more detailed guidance as to damages than has been the practice ... ...
  • Knupffer (Pauper) v London Express Newspaper, Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 03 April 1944
    ... ... 1It is an essential element of the cause of action for defamation that the words complained of should be published "of the ... There are cases in which the language used in reference to a limited class may be reasonably understood to refer to every member of the class, in ... ...
  • Berger v Eli Lilly & Company
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 August 1992
    ... ... made available a global sum to be distributed amongst a defined class, the claim for membership of which raised one of the issues for ... In August 1982 the Opren Action Group ("O.A.G.") was formed. This consisted of a group of solicitors who ... ...
  • Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 20 June 2002
    ... ... After the death of Mr Fairchild his widow brought this action, originally against three defendants (not including the builder). She ... The best that the victim will be able to achieve is to define a class of persons of which the actual tortfeasor must be a member. Strictly ... ...
  • Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 28 May 1963
    ... ... driven to the conclusion by authority binding upon me that no such action lies in the absence of contract or fiduciary relationship. On the facts ... would be one thing to say that the speaker owes a duty to a limited class, but it would be going very far to say that he owes a duty to every ... ...
  • Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)
    • House of Lords
    • 22 March 2001
    ... ... The action was started in May 1993. It is unnecessary to trace the earlier procedural ... is no reason why such an action cannot be brought by a particular class of persons, such as depositors at a bank, even if their precise identities ... ...
  • M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 29 June 1995
    ... ... 4 Where a statute confers a private law right of action a breach of statutory duty howsoever caused will found the action. Where a ... , that the statutory duty was imposed for the protection of a limited class of the public and that Parliament intended to confer on members of that ... ...
  • Warnink (Erven) Besloten Vennootschap v J Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 21 June 1979
    ... ... 1 This is an action for "passing off", not in its classic form of a trader representing his ... Breweries Ltd., advocaat has become a popular drink among a large class of people in England. In the words of Goulding J. "A substantial ... ...
  • SmithKline Beecham Plc v Apotex Europe Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 May 2006
    ... ... the sales by the defendants of a drug pending trial of the action ... 2 The claimants in the action are SmithKline Beecham Plc and ... whether there could be a restitutionary claim on their behalf as a class. It was held there could. But this was because they were the class that ... ...
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