The legal framework for the certification of competition class actions in the UK has developed at pace since the Supreme Court’s decision in Merricks v Mastercard lowered the threshold for certification in December 2020. In the sixth quarterly update of TL4’s Competition Law and Litigation publication, Milbank LLP associates Mark Padley and Georgia Kinsella from the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group in London discuss the areas where the test for the certification of UK competition class actions has become more settled, and the areas that are likely to require further consideration by the courts.
September 9, 2024