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Class Actions & Mass Torts
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Dec 06, 2023

After PACCAR: a new approach to funding collective proceedings in the CAT

In the first certification decision since the UK Supreme Court’s judgment in PACCAR, the CAT has held that a litigation funding agreement (LFA) revised in light of PACCAR was not a damages-based…
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Sep 14, 2023

Raising the stakes in activist shareholder claims

The High Court has ordered that ClientEarth pay Shell’s costs in connection with all aspects of ClientEarth’s unsuccessful application for permission to continue a derivative claim against Shell and…
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Aug 30, 2023

Município de Mariana v BHP Group: the English High Court casts its jurisdictional net wider in the Fundão Dam class action proceedings

In the High Court’s recent judgment in Município de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Limited & Anor the Court found that England was “clearly the appropriate forum” to determine whether Vale SA, a…
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Jun 28, 2023

Does the Supreme Court’s extensive personal jurisdiction jurisprudence risk going off the rails?

The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that a corporation can be subject to personal jurisdiction in a state in which it has registered to do business—solely on that basis, and regardless of the extent of…
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Mar 02, 2023

Trucks cartel decision: overcharge gets green light

In the first "trucks cartel" litigation to go to trial in the UK, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled that a cartel of truck manufacturers led to a material overcharge on a UK market-wide basis.…
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