£250m lawsuit against crypto firm Binance grows with 1000 new investors Crypto A thousand new UK-based retail investors have been added to a group legal claim against crypto trading platform Binace and its founder, alleging they were sold high-risk, complex products that did not have regulatory authorisation from the financial watchdog. There are now approximately 2,700 claimants in the case in England and Wales, with the total [...]
Class action vehicle lawsuit settles at £55m less than original value Legal A class action lawsuit representing millions of UK motorists and businesses affected by inflated shipping fees has settled for £57m less than its original £150m target. The claim, brought by class action representative and former Which? campaigns specialist Mark McLaren, alleged that from October 2006 to September 2015, leading European shipping companies had breached competition [...]
City firm behind BHP litigation faces legal action over unpaid barrister fee claims Legal A barrister for the law firm behind the record BHP litigation has alleged in a £2.6m lawsuit that the firm failed to pay him and now faces a counterclaim. Ibar McCarthy, a barrister at Normanton Chambers, alleged City law firm Pogust Goodhead did not pay him for his work on the £36bn litigation against mining giant [...]
Google to pay £260m to settle ‘unfair’ pricing class action lawsuit August 28, 2026 Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has agreed to pay £260m to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the US company imposed “unfair and excessive” charges on app developers selling apps on the Google Play Store. The case, brought to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) by competition law professor Barry Rodger on behalf of UK app [...]
Litigation funders need certainty to keep Britain’s class action regime fair August 21, 2026 Litigation funding is an exceptionally risky business, which current delays and uncertainty over new rules is worsening, writes Leslie Perrin.
How predatory litigation is damaging UK plc’s reputation January 25, 2025 The rise of predatory class action law suits and a lack of transparency around litigation funding are putting off investors, says Seema Kennedy Last week the courts rejected a £500m class action brought on behalf of 36m British consumers against Apple and Amazon. The case – which hinged on whether the two companies were illegally [...]