Specialist Group Action Lawyers

We are specialist Group Action Lawyers. But what does that mean? How do we set ourselves apart from other firms that also engage in this type of work?

As our name suggests – the Group Action Lawyers – this is what we specialise in and what we focus on when it comes to the legal work that we undertake for clients. We have been working in some of the biggest group actions in the UK and across the world for years, and the way we work means that we are set up to be able to take on some of the biggest companies in the world.

Here is how we do this.

We are specialist Group Action Lawyers

We are specialist Group Action Lawyers. This means that most of the work that our firm undertakes involves large group and multi-party actions, sometimes known as class actions. This can entail caseloads of hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of clients. There’s really no limit, so it could be that an action has millions of people involved in it.

We are, and have been, involved in over 45 different actions to date. These range from some of the biggest consumer actions ever, like the group action claims for the VW (and Audi, Skoda and SEAT) diesel emissions scandal, to some of the most sensitive data actions like the 56 Dean Street Clinic leak. We have also been appointed to Steering Committees, including for the first GDPR Group Litigation Order (GLO) proceedings in England and Wales, the British Airways data breach.

We also have funding and insurance options for actions that we take forward which we have used in the past, and we offer No Win, No Fee representation. Our infrastructure is set up for us to take new actions forward quickly as we look to make sure that we can help large volumes of people who need specialist group action representation from us.

What makes us specialists?

What makes us specialist Group Action Lawyers? The easiest way to show you is to explain a little about our history and how we work, so you can understand for yourself.

We have touched on this above with our set up and our experience, but what does this mean for our clients?

For our clients, it means that we can take effective action right away. When a new action arises, many law firms will just register people’s information with the view to then treading carefully and taking action later if they can (or when others have taken the lead as we often find!)

However, we do things differently. When we know that we can take an action forward, we take action right away.

For example:

• We take formal instructions from people affected so they are our clients and we are formally retained as their legal representatives;
• We send our Letter of Claim – the formal letter launching a case – without delay, and usually in a matter of days or weeks. For example, we sent our formal Letter of Claim out in the BA data breach and Ticketmaster data breach actions within a matter of weeks;
• We understand that we were the first firm in England and Wales to formally launch High Court proceedings for the VW Emissions Scandal back in 2016.

It’s all about being proactive and taking action, which means that we need to be set up to be able to take effective action right away. We are, which is why we can take the action we do without delay.

We often find that, only when a formal court action proceeds, do some firms then try and get involved, which means they have not been at the forefront of the fight for long. We think that this is important to understand.

Need to speak to us today?

You can speak to our specialist Group Action Lawyers and legal team here for free, no-obligation advice about joining one of the many actions we are already involved with, or to discuss a new action with us that we can review right away.

You can visit the contact page here for ways to get in touch.

For two of the big, recent actions we are involved with:

• To sign-up for a compensation case for the British Airways Group Action, please go here.
• For the Virgin Media data breach group action, please see the website here.