UK, Litigation Funding, Collective Actions

The Civil Justice Council's Final Report on Litigation Funding – Key Recommendations and Market Implications

Mayer Brown on 7/11/2025

On 2 June 2025, the UK Civil Justice Council ("CJC") published its long-awaited Final Report on the regulation and future of litigation funding in England and Wales (the "Report"). The Report makes 58 recommendations, which...more

Funding Representative Actions: The Strategic Decision between CPR 19.8 and Collective Actions in the CAT

BCLP on 8/16/2024

The English High Court offers limited routes to bring “opt-out” group claims but, in recent years, funded claimants have attempted to bring representative actions under CPR 19.8 at a notable rate. The rule has been available,...more

After PACCAR: a New Approach to Funding Collective Proceedings in the CAT

BCLP on 12/7/2023

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 agreement (DBA) and it was...more

Disputes in Focus: Quick Q&A on group claims

BCLP on 11/2/2023

There are various ways in the English High Court to bring a claim, including as a group or representative action. Historically they have been underused but that is changing. Businesses are becoming increasingly interested in...more

Scanning the Class and Collective Action Horizon

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/15/2021

While group litigation and collective actions have traditionally been more difficult to pursue in the UK than in the U.S., changes to UK civil procedure rules and societal attitudes towards group ligation means that these...more

Merricks v Mastercard: U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal Gives Green Light for First Ever ‘Opt-out’ Class Action

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/13/2021

Key Takeaways - The United Kingdom’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) recently granted the U.K.’s first ever Collective Proceeding Order (CPO), on an “opt-out” basis, in Walter Hugh Merricks CBE v Mastercard Incorporated &...more