London Court of Appeal Agrees to Reopen $7B Brazil Dam-Collapse Lawsuit Against BHP July 28, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley London’s Court of Appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a $7 billion lawsuit by 200,000 claimants...
London Court Will Reconsider $6.9B Suit Against BHP Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse May 7, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – London’s Court of Appeal will hear a request to revive a 5 billion pound ($6.95 billion) lawsuit against...
UK Supreme Court Urged to Allow Privacy Class Action Against Google April 30, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley Blocking a proposed British class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago,...
U.S.-Style Google iPhone Privacy Case Viewed as a Landmark for UK Class Actions April 29, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users,...
TikTok Faces Damages Claim Worth Billions in London Child-Privacy Lawsuit April 21, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions...
Mastercard Battles Attempts to Expand Scope of $19B Class Action in UK March 29, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – Mastercard, a global payment processor, is battling attempts to add about 14 million deceased people to a 14...
Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court March 25, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9...
Insurers Face Disputes with Their Reinsurers over UK COVID-19 Business Income Claims March 11, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley Top insurance companies, ordered by Britain’s highest court to pay thousands of small businesses millions of pounds in claims for...
UK High Court Allows Suit Against Shell by Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Over Oil Spills February 15, 2021 By Julia Payne and Kirstin Ridley The UK Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell...
Facebook Faces 2nd UK Class Action Lawsuit over Data Harvesting Scandal February 10, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of...