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Biannual Banking Litigation Update (Autumn 2025) (Video)

Welcome to the Autumn 2025 edition of our biannual Banking Litigation Update, in which we highlight the most important cases and developments affecting UK financial institutions over the past six months.

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Certification Tracker Of UK Competition Class Actions (CPO Applications) Filed At The Competition Appeal Tribunal

The graphic below tracks the number of competition class actions (CPO applications) filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) since the introduction...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Commercial Litigation Podcast Series – Episode 33: General Update (Podcast)

In this 33rd episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts, we give updates on the anticipated pilot on public access to court documents...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: United Kingdom – Competition

The UK has a separate regime for collective claims based on infringements of competition law, which are heard by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Class Actions Radar: United Kingdom – General (England And Wales)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Beginning Of The End? The UK Government Announces A Review Of The Country's Antitrust Class Action Regime

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

Supreme Court Issues Its Decision In Hopcraft Motor Finance Commission Appeal

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Privy Council Abrogates So-called "Shareholder Rule" Under English Law: Companies Can Assert Privilege Against Their Shareholders

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Litigation Developments: England And Wales – Quarterly Update

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Litigation Funding - Putting A Price On Justice?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

Litigation Funding Overhaul In The UK: CJC's Final Report Explained

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Court Of Appeal Allows Funders To Be Paid Ahead Of Class Members In Collective Actions

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Private Damages Activity Escalates Across Key Jurisdictions

European Union Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

A Class Act: Is England A New Battleground In High-Value Multi-Claimant Actions?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

Thaler's AI Patent Application Confirmed As Deemed Withdrawn In The UK

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Jersey Company Formation Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Wealth Mgt

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Cavenwell Group

Future Network Strategy For CO₂ Transport And Storage

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New Water (Special Measures) Act Measures Come Into Force

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Otter Chaos: Legal Considerations When Using AI Notetakers

United Kingdom Technology

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Browne Jacobson

Merricks v Mastercard: Competition Appeal Tribunal Approves Settlement, But Issues Of Distribution Reserved For Future Judgment

On February 21, 2025, following a three-day hearing, the Competition Appeal Tribunal approved the £200m settlement of the claim brought by Mr. Merricks on behalf of over 44 million UK consumers against Mastercard ...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Milbank LLP

Litigation Funding: To Regulate Or Not To Regulate?

The litigation funding market in England and Wales has grown rapidly in recent years under a largely self-regulated regime but change may be on the horizon in the aftermat...

European Union Litigation

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Travers Smith LLP

Nearly A Decade After U.S.-Style Collective Actions Emerged, Opt-Out Lawsuits Are On The Rise

Uncertainty surrounds UK collective actions after a 2023 Supreme Court ruling deemed certain litigation funding agreements unenforceable. Legislative and judicial reviews, including a key 2025 report, will shape future funding and regulatory frameworks for opt-out cases.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Litigation Radar 2025

This guide aims to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the evolving landscape of litigation, highlighting significant legal decisions, proposed reforms and the role of emerging technologies.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

European Insurance Market Report – FINEX And D&O Market

European Union Finance

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WTW

Class Actions Comparative Guide

United Kingdom Litigation

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Eversheds Sutherland

Navigating ESG Risks: How To Protect Your Business In A Changing World

United Kingdom Commercial

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Cripps

Upsetting The Apple Cart: Another Class Action Against Apple Is Certified, As Challenges To The App Store's Business Model Mount

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

High Court Criticises Financial Motives Behind Representative Action – England And Wales

United Kingdom Litigation

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Eversheds Sutherland

How The EU's Digital Markets Act Is Shaping A Fairer Future For App Developers

European Union Anti-trust

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WH Partners

All Aboard The Omnibus Claim Form

United Kingdom Litigation

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McDermott Will & Emery

Where Are They Now: Litigation Funding And Arbitration Updates

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Tweet-Related Crypto Class Action To Proceed, But Faces Significant Headwinds

United Kingdom Technology

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Macfarlanes LLP

2024: An Important Year For UK Collective Actions

Worldwide Litigation

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Winston & Strawn LLP

All Aboard The Omnibus Claim Form

In Adams and others v Ministry of Defence, the High Court has recently followed the Court of Appeal judgment in Morris and others v Williams & Co Solicitors (a firm), in confirming that multiple claimants...

United Kingdom Litigation

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McDermott Will & Emery

Where Are They Now: Litigation Funding And Arbitration Updates

Recent developments in litigation and arbitration highlight ongoing uncertainty over Litigation Funding Agreements (LFAs) following the PACCAR decision, which invalidated many LFAs. Meanwhile, amendments to the Arbitration Act 1996 are moving forward, excluding international treaties from the new bill.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Tweet-Related Crypto Class Action To Proceed, But Faces Significant Headwinds

The Tribunal partially upheld a class action against cryptocurrency exchanges for allegedly colluding to delist Bitcoin Satoshi Vision, while striking out a key claim on "loss of a chance."

United Kingdom Technology

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Macfarlanes LLP

2024: An Important Year For UK Collective Actions

There has been significant growth in U.K. class actions (often referred to in the U.K. as "collective actions") in recent years. As has been the case in the U.S.—where class actions...

Worldwide Litigation

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Winston & Strawn LLP

UK & Europe Market Highlights, March 2024

United Kingdom Technology

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IR Global

Litigation Funding: What Is It Good For? Apparently Something Part II

As Partner Ben Pilbrow detailed in his previous article, the Post Office Group case was made possible by litigation funding.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Competition Consumer Rights Class Action Challenges BT's £1.3billion Overcharging Of Landlines

In a first-of-its-kind consumer rights claim being heard before the Competition Appeals Tribunal, BT's unfair landline pricing from 2015-2018...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Spencer West

A Song Of Rights And Ire

How the voracity with which Generative AI consumes works without authorisation is sparking anger among copyright holders.

United Kingdom IP

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Simons Muirhead & Burton

Court Of Appeal Clarifies Broad Right Of Appeal In Competition Collective Proceedings And Rejects General Prohibition On Communications Between Defendants And Class Members

In December the Court of Appeal issued its third key appeal judgment of 2023 on the developing competition class action regime.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Competition Collective Proceedings: Broad Right Of Appeal And No General Prohibition On Communications Between Defendants And Class Members

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Commercial Litigation Podcast Series – Episode 22: General Update

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Representative Actions: Court Of Appeal Decision Gives Go Ahead For Secret Commissions Claim, But Suggests Only Limited Issues May Be Dealt With On "Opt-Out" Basis

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Antitrust/Competition

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

Barclays Bank UK v Terry And The Previously Hypothetical "Bifurcated Process"

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herrington Carmichael

A Litigator's Yearbook And A Broader Disputes Yearbook For 2023

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Banking Litigation Yearbook And Broader Disputes Yearbook For 2023

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Drop In The Ocean: Tribunal Gives Green Light To Small Collective Settlement In Car Shipping Class Action

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Episode 43: Monthly Update – November/December 2023 (Festive Special!) (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court Strikes Out Novel Bid To Bring Securities Class Action Using CPR 19.8 Representative Action As "Opt-in" Procedure

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Greenwashing Dispute Risks – International Perspectives

Worldwide Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Great Britain Directors' And Officers' Market Update Q2 2023

Worldwide Commercial

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WTW

Class Actions In England And Wales Podcast Series: Episode 9 – Looking Forward (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Airlines Face Increasing Greenwashing Challenges

Worldwide Environment

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Litigation Developments: England And Wales – Quarterly Update

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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How Product Liability Class Actions Are Growing In The UK (Video)

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DLA Piper UK LLP

How Litigation Funding Is Driving Class Actions In The UK (Video)

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Six Predictions For Class Actions In The UK (Video)

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DLA Piper UK LLP

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