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Group litigation: Claimant

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Fladgate LLP

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Working closely with book building specialists and litigation funders, Fladgate LLP‘s group litigation practice has an ’impressive track record across a wide range of group litigation, spanning a wide range of sectors and legal issues’. A range of high-net-worth individuals, corporates, and SMEs, spanning a wide range of sectors, turn to the team for its expertise. The practice is headed up by the ‘tenacious and resourceful litigator’ John Evans, who is regarded by another client as ’one of the best when it comes to group litigation’. The team of ‘excellent and commercially highly astute lawyers’ also notably includes Garbhan Shanks, Leigh Callaway, and Nadia Osborne.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘John Evans is a tenacious and resourceful litigator. A safe pair of hands in any group action. Steve Mash is absolutely incredible. A top-class litigator with brilliant legal insights and strategic thinking.’

  • ‘The team is very well led by John Evans and as a team has real depth of experience. They are also one of the fastest-growing teams in the firm and indeed in London, as it goes from strength to strength. We have seen an increase in the number of enquiries we are seeing from this team and can clearly see they are now competing with some of the leading firms in group litigation.’

  • ‘I have always been impressed with John Evans; he is one of the few lawyers who can see the wider commercial reality of group litigation rather than simply focus on the law. That makes him and his team attractive to litigation funders who want to work with him and support his cases.’

  • ‘Fladgate have an impressive track record across a wide range of group litigation, spanning a wide range of sectors and legal issues. They are incredibly commercial, innovative and effective.’

  • ‘John Evans is one of the best when it comes to group litigation - a brilliant lawyer and a delight to work with. ’

  • ‘John Evans and Steven Mash are the key individuals. They have strong commercial litigation experience and it will be interesting to see how that develops in the group litigation space.’

Key clients

  • SearchFlow Ltd. & Ors
  • A group of 905 claimants in High Court proceedings against Clydesdale Bank and National Australia Bank
  • RGL Management Ltd

Work highlights

Represented over 100 English and Welsh personal search companies in a complex group litigation claim before the High Court to recover payments made to the ten water and sewerage utility companies in England and Wales for access to and/or the provision of copies of environmental information held by the Defendants.
Acting for a group of over 900 SME claimants in High Court proceedings against Clydesdale Bank and National Australia Bank alleging Deceit, Misrepresentation, Negligent Misstatement, Breach of Contract and Unjust Enrichment.
Instructed in a group action representing claimants (most likely by way of a GLO) seeking restitution for secret commissions paid by energy companies to the independent power brokers instructed by businesses to find the best electricity and gas prices.

Practice head

John Evans

Other key lawyers

Garbhan Shanks; Leigh Callaway; Nadia Osborne; Steven Mash