Class Actions

Research shows that more people would be willing to defend their rights in the courts if they could do so as part of a group of similarly affected people. This is entirely understandable and indeed quite natural: litigation is a stressful business, so it is comforting to know there are other people in the same boat. However, group litigation also has big practical benefits because it enables costs and risks to be shared.

We have the skills and experience to set up and manage large scale group litigation. We have represented over 400 clients in a single claim against Equitable Life in relation to its with-profits annuities, as well as Nationwide in its professional negligence litigation against large numbers of other solicitors and surveyors. We have also represented several smaller groups of clients in so-called managed lists, in which the clients' claims were mainly unique but involved common issues. And even though our group clients can number in their hundreds, we are still able to provide much of the excellent personal service our individual clients receive.