Emerald Supplies Ltd. v. British Airways PLC is already being heralded as a rejection of US-Style class actions in the UK, but my reading of the opinion leaves the question far from settled. The opinion falls far short of foreclosing the possibility of a representative action in every case where the plaintiffs’ interests are not literally identical. In fact, the [...]
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Are Reports of the Demise of Class Actions in the UK Greatly Exaggerated?
Posted in class action reform, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged antitrust, british airways class action, civil procedure rule 19.6, collective action, International Class Action Law, lord justice mummery, Micawberish, representative action, UK class action on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review
Posted in CAFA Requirements, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Federal Court Decisions, Other class action blogs, tagged antitrust, blawg review, blog review, blogosphere, CAFA, class action blawg, class action blog, FACTA, forum shopping, franchise class action, merits inquiry, punitive damage, subprime on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Class Action Blogosphere Weekly Review is back on its regularly scheduled day this week. As always, here are some blog entries that might be of interest to class action practitioners… See Carlton Fields’ class action blog Classified for links to various news tidbits relating to class actions, including a summary of a bill recently passed in [...]
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Consumers Don’t Benefit from UK Collective Actions. So How Exactly Does that Make them Different from US Class Actions?
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Commentary, International Class Action Law, tagged antitrust, antitrust conference, class action reform, collective action, International Class Action Law, jjb sports, opt in, opt out, UK class action, UK collective action on December 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
UK legal publication The Lawyer has an interesting article out today for anyone tracking trends in class and collective action reform across the pond. According to the article, Which?, a consumer organization granted the right to pursue collective redress on behalf of consumers harmed by conduct declared to have violated antitrust laws, isn’t convinced that it would [...]
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