Statistics from the Ministry of Justice demonstrate that between 2005 and 2018, government expenditure on legal aid

In a break with the previous practice of the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT"), the President of the CAT has recently decided that the resolution of a 'carriage' dispute...

We are pleased to share with you our Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review of 2019, published today, which provides an overview and analysis of the key cases and developments affecting those engaged in ...

The UK government is consulting on a package of reforms to make the opt-out collective proceedings (CPO) regime, regulatory appeals and competition enforcement swifter and simpler. This follows a call for evidence last year on the CPO regime. The key proposals include:

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal granted a class action order against Apple, allowing UK iOS developers to seek £785m in damages over allegedly excessive App Store commissions, echoing similar regulatory scrutiny across the UK and EU.

The UK Civil Justice Council's interim report on third-party funding (TPF) signals potential regulatory reforms. Key themes include revisiting self-regulation, PACCAR implications, and funder roles in litigation settlements. Final recommendations are expected in summer 2025.

In many ways, the UK's CPO regime has been a highly promising experiment in the privatisation of the enforcement of competition law.

At the end of March 2022, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the "CAT") handed down a detailed and wide-ranging 255-page judgment in relation to two competing applications...

So, the collective proceedings regime is now, so to say, fully embedded in the UK.

In a landmark judgment in the UK's collective proceedings regime, Evans (Respondent) v Barclays Bank Plc and others (Appellants), the Supreme Court has confirmed the test for determining whether to certify on an opt-out basis.

Potentially the biggest and most complex claim in British legal history, according to some commentators, the Competition Appeal Tribunal

On 10 November 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the United Kingdom's first ever "opt-out" class action brought outside of the competition law sector, in Lloyd v Google LLC.

2024 is shaping up to be another significant year for the UK's burgeoning class/collective action regimes. New developments in several areas means...

In recent years, there have been numerous claims for damages following on from cartel findings. In contrast, claims for damages related to abuse of dominance...

This year saw the UK grapple with life after Brexit and, along with the rest of the world, the impact of the continued COVID-19 pandemic.

On 15 January 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) handed down its judgment approving the second and third settlement agreements...

This article focuses on some of the issues at play in collective proceedings for competition damages in the United Kingdom, in particular the nature of the claim and thresholds for related pleadings...

Dechert has continued to follow recent developments in English law that have attracted mass tort and multi-claimant litigation.1 Since 2022, multi-claimant litigation in England has surged, particularly in proceedings...

Which?, the UK consumer organisation, announced on 25 February that it is bringing a claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against chip manufacturer Qualcomm on behalf of UK purchasers.

As reported in previous Client Alerts, there has recently been a flurry of Collective Proceedings Orders ("CPOs") in collective (class) actions for competition/antitrust claims...