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Therium Funds Multi-Billion Pound Action Alleging Truck Cartel Price Collusion 

By John Freund |

Six producers of big rigs have allegedly conspired in a 14-year scheme to defraud government regulators over emissions mandates. The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved a £2B claim marking a historic first for United Kingdom collective actions. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is representing an estimated 18,000 claimants as the beneficiaries of the hopeful award. 

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Federal Court of Australia makes first aggregate damages award in a funded representative proceeding in Toyota Class Action

By John Freund |

The following piece was contributed by Martin del Gallego and Matthew Harris of Australian law firm, Piper Alderman.

This article considers a recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia, awarding damages to class action claimants on an aggregate basis.  Aggregate damages is a rare global award which covers all group members described or identified in the award.  This was the first instance of aggregate damages being awarded to a funded litigant in Australia, and may spur a trend in representative claims brought on this basis.

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UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Certifies Collective Action Against Shipping Companies For Overcharging Customers

By John Freund |

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has certified a collective action against multiple maritime car carriers who operated an illegal cartel to manipulate car shipping prices. Certification clears the way for the class action filed by consumer rights champion Mark McLaren, who has instructed has instructed Scott+Scott UK LLP as solicitors on behalf of consumers and businesses who purchased or leased new cars or vans, to proceed to trial.

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Court decides that groundbreaking £150m class action on behalf of UK car buyers can proceed

By John Freund |

London’s specialist competition court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, has today given the green light to a class action on behalf of millions of motorists and businesses, who bought or leased a new car between October 2006 and September 2015, to claim against 5 shipping companies that imported cars into Europe.

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