Harcus Parker Limited is ‘one of the best group action firms in London’, and recognised by clients for being ’knowledgeable, experienced, dynamic, and full of ideas’. The team handles the gamut of consumer, data breach, and competition class actions, but is particularly skilled at handling financial services group actions. An ‘absolute pleasure to work with’, Damon Parker leads the practice that has ’unparalleled’ knowledge of the area. Key to the ‘focused and experienced team’ are Tom Ross and Jeremy Robinson, both skilled at handling competition litigation. Edward Parkes and Daniel Kerrigan are noted.
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Testimonials
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‘Damon Parker is an absolute pleasure to work with: sensible, commercially-minded, practical and thoughtful. And a good lawyer too.’
‘One of the best group action firms in London - combine legal brilliance with great client care, which is vital when keeping a huge case on the rails.’
‘Damon Parker and Olivia Selley - both are star performers’
‘The group litigation team is superb and punches well above its weight as a "boutique" firm: highly specialised in group litigation, knowledgeable, experienced, dynamic and full of ideas but also sound judgment as to which points to take and which not to. They often come against magic circle firms and the very expensive American firms and they more than hold their own. They are excellent to work with, their diversity is wide, they are efficient and hard working and get results. ’
‘Damon Parker - always full of interesting ideas, prepared to push the envelope but also take advice as to how far to take things, a genuine innovator and thinker, as well as being a delight to work with. Dan Kerrigan - an excellent lawyer, really good judgment, really good to work with. Nate Barber - really hardworking and effective as well as being good fun. James Cockburn - exceptionally bright, a really good lawyer. Thomas Ross - really knowledgeable in competition cases.’
‘Specialist claimant group action firm with very good strength in depth and genuine expertise in this area.’
Key clients
- Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I and II Limited (re: the Mastercard / Visa collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”)
- Credit and Debit Card Claims I and II Limited (re: the Mastercard / Visa funded collective proceedings in the CAT)
- Tesco Equal Pay
- Payment Protection Insurance Aggregated Claims
- Mortgage Prisoner Claims: Whistletree
- Mortgage Prisoner Claims: Landmark / NRAM / Topaz
- The Universities Student Claim: UCL
- The Universities Student Claim: Other Universities
- Home REIT Shareholder Litigation
Work highlights
Representing Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I and II Limited in collective proceedings before the CAT concerning fees charged by Mastercard and Visa.
Representing 14,000 current and former Tesco workers bringing claims for equal pay.
Representing several thousand residential mortgage borrowers in claims against lenders for being forced into mortgage with excessively high rates of interest.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Damon Parker
Other key lawyers
Tom Ross; Jeremy Robinson; Edward Parkes; Daniel Kerrigan; Olivia Selley; Nate Barber; Adam Zoubir