Edwin Coe LLP boasts a ‘wealth of experience in group actions’, with decades of experience acting on complex group claims, with expertise in follow-on cartel and consumer claims. Team head David Greene has ’great commercial instincts’, and is skilled at handling financial claims, including competition and shareholders’ claims. Also key to the ‘ very experienced and diverse’ practice is Zahira Hussain, with expertise in professional negligence, civil fraud, and complex judicial review cases. Thomas Johnson specialises in high-value fraud cases and finance disputes. Fred Sheppard, Ian Chai, and Valerie Sweeting are also recommended.
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Testimonials
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- 'David Greene is very experienced and extremely well regarded.'
- They have a good diverse team of lawyers.’
‘David Greene is realistic and pragmatic as a lawyer. He knows how to get things done.’
‘Good range of personalities.’
‘Ian Chai is top of the lot. David Greene has excellent interpersonal skills.’
‘A wealth of experience in group actions from Brexit to consumer claims, cartels and failed investments; never afraid of the fight.’
Key clients
- Claimants, including haulier Wincanton, breweries such as Adnams & Fullers, and others in the trucks cartel claim
- 400 Investors in the Eclipse Film Scheme
- 110 purchasers of Italian holiday property
- 400 TUI cruise customers
- Investors in Finablr plc
- Consumers in claims against Barclays Bank for fraud relating to timeshares
- Victims of Hillsborough Disaster and cover-up
- Creditors of The Interchange Organisation (now Partial Eclipse Ltd)
- Amigo Loans
- Pensioners receiving compensation from the Pension Protection Fund
- Claimants, including haulier Wincanton, breweries such as Adnams & Fullers, and others in the trucks cartel claim
- 400 Investors in the Eclipse Film Scheme
Work highlights
Advising a group of 140 Claimants in relation to their claim for damages and interest against various truck manufacturers, following a finding by the European Commission of a price-fixing cartel. The Claimants comprise those who bought, leased or subcontracted trucks weighing six tonnes or more between 1997 and 2012. The claim is worth £100m+.
Acted on the Eclipse litigation where the Defendant developed, marketed and implemented the Eclipse Scheme which was sold to the Claimants as an opportunity to invest in transactions with Disney in relation to film rights. The transactions entered into by the Eclipse Partnerships with Disney were a fraud. The value of the claim is £1.3billion.
Handling a claim by 400 TUI customers in relation to a cancelled cruise in the Caribbean.
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Practice head
David Greene
Other key lawyers
Zahira Hussain; Thomas Johnson; Fred Sheppard; Ian Chai; Valerie Sweeting