Nov 25, 2024 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...
Nov 14, 2024 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...
Oct 31, 2024 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...
Oct 18, 2024 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...
Sep 12, 2024 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...
Jul 05, 2024 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...
Jul 04, 2024 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...
May 24, 2024 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...
Feb 15, 2024 European Commission adopts a revised Market Definition Notice By Lena Boucon Rory Jones Alvaro Pliego Selie James Aitken Thomas Lübbig +2 more... Show less As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
Feb 09, 2024 Recent Trends in English & Welsh group actions By James Roberts Rebecca Fenning Owen Jack In recent years, we have seen group actions play an ever-expanding role in English litigation, driven by an explosion in litigation...
Jan 04, 2024 Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by English High Court By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Anoushka Nightingale Juliet Leung +1 more... Show less The English High Court has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section 90/90A and...
Dec 08, 2023 Not over yet: UK DMCC Bill enters the House of Lords with some key questions still up for debate By Sharon Malhi Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Martin Dickson Abigail Legge Milo Noone +3 more... Show less The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) is still expected to come into force in Autumn 2024. Although the overall...