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Businesses should be wary of class action lawsuits as groundbreaking Shell decision has global reach Class actions are becoming increasingly common in the UK. Class action lawsuits are becoming increasingly popular in the UK, and a combination of the coronavirus, Brexit and previous claimant-favourable outcomes will mean UK companies see more action against them in the coming years. Britain is part of something of a third wave of class action lawsuit popularity. The practice of collective claims started in the United States, where it is still rife, then moved to Australia, w...

Brits are among the most clued-up

Research and Markets: UK Personal Injury Market Report 2020: More Uncertainty for a Market Already Facing Demand Pressures - ResearchAndMarkets.com ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Value growth in the market has been between 2.5% and 2.8% in recent years, i.e. 2017 and 2018, but annual value growth improved marginally in 2019 when it reached an estimated 3.1%. However, it is unlikely that this growth will be sustained in 2020 or 2021. This report looks at the market structure, recent developments and market drivers, the key players, the market size and trends and the future. The planned sma...

A boy has been awarded £10 million in compensation by the High Court after delays to his delivery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich left…

Lord Justice Lewison, Lord Justice Newey and Lord Justice Coulson dismissed the appeal in Zuberi v Lexlaw Limited and said that London firm Lexlaw should be paid around £125,000 costs for work on a claim against a bank. Its client, Shaista Zuberi, had sought to terminate the DBA before the case concluded, withholding any payment on the basis it was unenforceable. The High Court held that the DBA was not unenforceable as that would be wholly inconsistent with the parliament’s intent when it extended the scope of these agreements to civil litigation in 2013. The Court of Appeal made clear t...