Absent Class News Today

In 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Bristol-Myers Co. v. Superior Court that the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution requires all plaintiffs in a mass-tort action to demonstrate that the court has personal jurisdiction over their claims.

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...