Class Action in UK Law
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British Airways Settles UK Breach Class Action
On July 6, 2021, it was reported that British Airways had settled a UK class action lawsuit relating to its 2018 data breach, in which approximately 430,000 data subjects were affected.
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Launch of First UK Opt-Out Class Action
October 1, 2015, marked the entry into force of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 ("CRA"), bringing with it an opt-out class action regime for the private enforcement of infringements in competition law...
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First Opt-Out Class Action Underway In The United Kingdom
On June 21, 2016, the United Kingdom Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) published notice of an application to commence collective proceedings under Section 47B of the UK’s competition act...
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New competition class action regime off to a slow start
The first ever application to create a class action under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 regime, in relation to anti-competitive conduct in the mobility scooter market, has been adjourned following f...
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In On the Act: First Antitrust Class Action Launched in the UK
Brussels Antitrust/Competition partner (and English lawyer) Matthew Hall brings us this report on the first antitrust class action filed under new procedures in the UK. Much ink and conference time...
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Competition Appeal Tribunal Blocks Class Action Against MasterCard
In one of the first decisions of its kind, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) has blocked a group of claimants from pursuing a £14 billion “collective action” against MasterCard, in a signific...
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MasterCard faces one of the UK’s first class-action lawsuits
Class Actions in the UK Class actions have long been a feature of the US legal landscape. But until October 2015 there was no genuine “class action” procedure in the UK. Then the Consumer Rights Ac...
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Supermarket Held Vicariously Liable in UK’s First Data Leak Class Action
UK supermarket chain Morrisons has been held vicariously liable for the acts of a malicious employee in the UK’s first data leak class action. The issue began in 2014, when a disgruntled Morrison’s...
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Lloyd Court Says No to Class Action-Style Lawsuits in the UK
On November 10, 2021, the UK Supreme Court issued its long-awaited judgment in the Lloyd v Google case. The decision is expected to make it difficult in practice for a future class action lawsuit t...
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