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 Malato-Johnson specialises in high-value fraud cases and finance disputes. Fred Sheppard, Ian Chai, and Valerie Sweeting are also recommended.
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- ‘David Greene is realistic and pragmatic as a lawyer. He knows how to get things done.’
- ‘Good range of personalities.’
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
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+.
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Practice head
David Greene
Other key lawyers
Zahira Hussain; Thomas Malato-Johnson; Fred Sheppard; Ian Chai; Valerie Sweeting