6/19/2025 1:22:26 PM UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal strike out of bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Elke Kendall Anoushka Nightingale Feon Wong +3 more... Show less The UK Supreme Court has declined to grant permission to appeal the strike out of representative actions brought by shareholders against...
6/6/2025 11:56:10 AM Market volatility and UK defined contribution pensions: future risks for employers? By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Christy Lee In our previous blog, we considered the risks under the current legal regime in the UK to employers, trustees and providers arising from...
5/27/2025 11:56:42 AM Market volatility and defined contribution pensions: a new dawn for mass claims? By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Christy Lee The recent fallout in global markets as a result of US President Trump’s trade tariff announcements may recall, to the minds of UK...
1/28/2025 11:53:53 AM Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by the Court of Appeal By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Anoushka Nightingale Phoebe Campbell +2 more... Show less The English Court of Appeal has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section...
11/25/2024 10:01:55 AM PFAS – Civil litigation risks in Europe By Moritz Becker Katharina Shingler Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold +4 more... Show less PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ More than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used globally in industrial and consumer...
11/14/2024 3:54:40 PM English High Court decision indicates EU-wide product approvals do little to prevent product liability claims for damages By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Sanjana Canumalla James Smith Georgina Bayly +2 more... Show less Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
10/31/2024 3:36:54 PM UK shareholder claims: no market reliance as English High Court strikes out passive investors’ claims By Emma Probyn Flavia Williams Tobias Messervy-Whiting On 25 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust & Ors v Barclays Plc, finding in favour...
10/18/2024 8:45:07 AM The new leading decision procedure – a relief for the judiciary and an increase in efficiency in mass claims proceedings? By Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Camillo von Haugwitz Carolin Lukasewitz +2 more... Show less Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) passed the law already adopted by the German Parliament (Bundestag) to introduce a new...
9/12/2024 3:56:47 PM High Court Clips the Wings of Class Action against Airlines By Emma Probyn Eid-Daniel Jadon Matt Allison The English High Court has struck out a class action claim against two airlines in which the Claimant sought to secure flight delay...
7/5/2024 12:45:00 PM High Court lays down important points of principle for costs budgeting in large-scale and complex group litigation By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Rebecca Fenning Alice Goodinge Owen Jack +2 more... Show less In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has laid down a number of significant points of principle for cost management exercises...
7/4/2024 10:06:17 AM Digital or printed? Navigating liability and evidence in product instruction and safety information By Laura Knoke Kristina Weiler Rixa Kuhmann Hendrik Wilkens +1 more... Show less I. Introduction Manufacturers of consumer-facing products in the increasingly integrated European market operate in a complex...
5/24/2024 7:59:30 PM Across the finish line in the wash-up: the DMCC Act receives Royal Assent – what happens next? By Andrew Austin Cat Greenwood-Smith Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Patrick Teague Kate Collister Martin Dickson Aaron Green Daniel Wylde Karen Slaney Francesca Triggs Philipp Baschenhof +9 more... Show less In the final days of Parliament, the landmark UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the ‘Act’) has received Royal...