Group actions are gaining momentum across Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific, driven by easier access to funding and permissive procedural developments. “Innovative claimant lawyers are pursuing new, often more complex group action opportunities,” says Michael Gorrie, a Clifford Chance Senior Associate based in London. “Their targets include public companies, investment funds and a wide range of consumer and commercial goods and services. Their aims include securing significant financial returns, driving behavioural change or using litigation as a form of private law enforcement.” 


In this briefing we examine the latest trends and the emerging targets for collective redress.