Mass Claims 2021 nr. 2

Lloyd v Google [2021] UK SC 50:

Laura Elizabeth John and Will Perry1

a setback in the Supreme Court for collective redress in the UK

Those familiar with Competition law in the United Kingdom will be aware that collective proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal are burgeoning. And it might have been hoped that the introduction of that regime would have blazed a trail for collective redress in the United Kingdom. Mr Lloyd, a consumer rights activist and a former Executive Director of Which? a well-known UK consumer rights organisation, certainly hoped so. However, in Lloyd v Google 2021 UKSC 50 his potentially ground-breaking collective action was dismissed by the Supreme Court. While the judgment provides much needed clarification of the scope of the representative action procedure in Rule 19.6 of the Civil Procedure Rules of England & Wales ("CPR"), and clears the way for seeking collective redress in some types of claim, for other types of claim and for data protection claims in particular, the j...

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a setback in the Supreme Court for collective redress in the UK

1. The procedural lacuna

2. The regime for collective proceedings for damages for breach of Competition law

3. The potentially ground-breaking collective action in Lloyd v Google

4. The scope of the representative action procedure

5. The representative action procedure in data protection claims

6. Comment

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Laura Elizabeth John and Will Perry1
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