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Class actions in England and Wales: Data protection and privacy
Recording: Tuesday 11 December 2018In the second of our new series of webinars on class actions in England and Wales we looked at data protection and …
Class actions in England and Wales: taking stock
Recording: Originally broadcast 8 November 2018In this first of our new series of webinars on class actions in England and Wales, we looked at how class …
Class Action Assault on UK PLCs for Acts of Subsidiaries
A recent trio of decisions1 from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has provided insight into the circumstances in which an English-domiciled …
How can in-house lawyers tackle the increasing threat of class actions in the English Courts?
Class actions represent an increasing area of risk for UK corporates, with increasing numbers of high-profile and highvalue group claims being brought, …
Our new book launched today: Class Actions in England and Wales
Herbert Smith Freehills has today launched a new textbook, Class Actions in England and Wales. Written by lawyers from the firm and published by Sweet …
EU unveils proposals for toughened security screening of foreign investments
As states race to usher in tighter security controls on foreign takeovers, we assess the EU's new framework for screening FDIOn 13 September 2017 the EU …
Certification denied for £14bn competition class action: what next for the UK regime?
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has recently refused to certify a proposed opt-out class action against MasterCard, following hot on the heels …
Next steps in the evolution of UK competition litigation: Survival of the first competition law class action
Already, 2017 has seen significant developments in the UK's competition litigation landscape. Most recently, last Friday the Competition Appeal Tribunal …
UK competition class action regime out of the starting blocks
After a slow start, use of the UK's new competition collective redress regime is now gathering pace.The first opt-out class action application, on behalf …
Class action tourism on the rise
"Class Action Tourism" is a trend for litigation that we are seeing becomingly increasingly prevalent. It involves a claim by a number of individuals …
UK class action market heating up in 2016
The next 12 to 18 months is likely to be a turning point in the UK class action market driven by some key trends and developments: litigation funding …
Human Rights Day: the road travelled since 1948
Beyond the traditional judicial fora where business enterprises can be challenged for human rights violations, they now also face ‘new judges’ such as …
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