Topic: Collective actions

The president of the UK’s specialist competition tribunal has warned that only one of the two competing collective actions pending against members of the EU trucks cartel will be allowed to proceed.

21 April 2021

A road hauliers’ trade association and a purposely-formed claims management company are facing off in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal as they each attempt to obtain class certification for their respective proposed collective proceedings against members of the EU trucks cartel.

19 April 2021

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has all but confirmed it will certify the country’s first-ever competition class action claim, although Mastercard has asked the tribunal to limit the scope of damages being sought by proposed class representative Walter Merricks.

26 March 2021

Mastercard has confirmed to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal that it does not oppose the certification of Walter Merricks’ competition damages claim in its entirety.

25 March 2021

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has delayed a class certification hearing relating to the EU roll-on roll-off shipping cartel to November over concerns that listing it earlier would leave some defendant counsel unable to attend.

19 March 2021

Refusing to certify a proposed standalone class action against two train operators would knock out an “entire genre” of cases from the UK’s collective proceedings regime “before it gets going”, counsel to the claimant has told the country’s specialist competition tribunal.

12 March 2021

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has questioned an expert economist on why a proposed collective action against two train operators could lead to £98 million in damages, as the defendants allege that the case is a consumer protection claim masquerading as antitrust.

11 March 2021

A UK appellate court has denied DAF’s attempt to strike out funding arrangements for two proposed class action claims seeking damages arising from its participation in the high profile Trucks cartel.

08 March 2021

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal is preparing to reform its procedural rules for the first time since 2015, its president has said.

11 February 2021

Walter Merricks' counsel will argue at a class certification hearing next month that consumers who allegedly suffered loss as a result of Mastercard’s illegal interchange fees but have since died should be included in his class action claim.

05 February 2021