The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the case of Prismall v Google UK Ltd and DeepMind Technologies Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1516.
Finding for Google, the Court of Appeal upheld the lower Court’s decision to...more
2/7/2025
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Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Google ,
Misuse of Information ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Interest ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
UK
With the rise of litigation funding of group actions, there has been an increasing use of representative actions by Claimants in recent years. In turn, Defendants are challenging this and the Courts are scrutinising cases in...more
8/15/2024
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Case Management ,
Class Action ,
Class Representatives ,
Equitable Relief ,
Google ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Litigation Funding ,
Third Party Funding ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
The High Court has made a Group Litigation Order (GLO) in the class action proceedings of Tongue & Ors v Bayer Public Ltd Company & Ors [2023] EWHC 1792 (KB). This appears to be only the second GLO made by the High Court in...more
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 Brazilian company, should...more
8/30/2023
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Brazil ,
Class Action ,
Environmental Liability ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
Parent Corporation ,
Property Damage ,
Remediation ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK ,
Wrongful Death
The Supreme Court’s decision in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28 has caused a stir in the legal industry, leaving a number of...more