Class Action Archives - Woodsford UK

Court decides that groundbreaking £150m class action on behalf of UK car buyers can proceed
Court decides that groundbreaking £150m class action on behalf of UK car buyers can proceed

Court decides that groundbreaking £150m class action on behalf of UK car buyers can proceed

Steven Savage2022-02-18T14:06:22+00:00February 18th, 2022|

Court decides that groundbreaking £150m class action on behalf of UK car buyers can proceed

London’s specialist competition court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, has today (Friday 18 February) given the green light to a class action on behalf of millions of motorists and businesses, who […]

Govia Thameslink Railway to face legal claim worth up to £77m as over 3 million consumers are overcharged for London train fares
Govia Thameslink Railway to face legal claim worth up to £77m as over 3 million consumers are overcharged for London train fares

Govia Thameslink Railway to face legal claim worth up to £77m as over 3 million consumers are overcharged for London train fares

Steven Savage2021-11-25T13:33:55+00:00November 25th, 2021|

Govia Thameslink Railway to face legal claim worth up to £77m

The claim, funded by Woodsford, is seeking compensation worth up to £77m for routine overcharging on train tickets affecting an estimated 3.2 million passengers and has been filed against the operator of one of Britain’s […]

Rail Passengers Cleared to Make £93m Legal Claim for ‘Boundary Fares’
Rail Passengers Cleared to Make £93m Legal Claim for ‘Boundary Fares’

Rail Passengers Cleared to Make £93m Legal Claim for ‘Boundary Fares’

Steven Savage2021-10-25T10:52:29+00:00October 20th, 2021|

Rail Passengers Cleared to Make £93m Legal Claim for ‘Boundary Fares’

London’s specialist competition court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) has given the green light to rail passengers to seek compensation for overcharging by the

Woodsford’s Public Submission to the Australian Treasury and Attorney General relating to the Joint Consultation Paper regarding minimum returns in class actions
Woodsford’s Public Submission to the Australian Treasury and Attorney General relating to the Joint Consultation Paper regarding minimum returns in class actions

Woodsford’s Public Submission to the Australian Treasury and Attorney General relating to the Joint Consultation Paper regarding minimum returns in class actions

Steven Savage2021-10-25T11:25:46+00:00June 29th, 2021|

Woodsford’s Submission to the Australian Treasury and Attorney General

On Friday 25th June 2021, Woodsford delivered a considered public submission to the Australian Treasury and Attorney General in respect of the Joint Consultation Paper entitled ‘Guaranteeing a minimum return of […]

Woodsford is the first overseas funder to be authorised to fund class actions in Australia
Woodsford is the first overseas funder to be authorised to fund class actions in Australia

Woodsford is the first overseas funder to be authorised to fund class actions in Australia

Steven Savage2021-10-25T14:53:34+00:00April 29th, 2021|

Woodsford can now fund class actions in Australia

We are delighted that we have been granted an Australian financial services (AFS) licence by the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) authorising us to fund class actions in Australia as Managed Investment Schemes […]

Access to Justice and Class Actions in England and Wales – Bonavero Institute of Human Rights of the Oxford University Faculty of Law
Access to Justice and Class Actions in England and Wales – Bonavero Institute of Human Rights of the Oxford University Faculty of Law

Access to Justice and Class Actions in England and Wales – Bonavero Institute of Human Rights of the Oxford University Faculty of Law

Steven Savage2021-10-25T14:55:22+00:00April 22nd, 2021|

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, part of the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Law, is hosting a free virtual conference on class actions and access to justice in England […]

Woodsford’s Response to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Law Commission / Te Aka Matua o te Ture Project on Class Actions and Litigation Funding
Woodsford’s Response to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Law Commission / Te Aka Matua o te Ture Project on Class Actions and Litigation Funding

Woodsford’s Response to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Law Commission / Te Aka Matua o te Ture Project on Class Actions and Litigation Funding

Steven Savage2021-10-27T10:27:38+00:00March 11th, 2021|

Woodsford’s response to the New Zealand’s Law Commission Project on Class Actions and Funding

On Wednesday 10th March, Woodsford delivered a considered response to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Law Commission / Te Aka Matua o te Ture Project on Class Actions and Litigation […]

Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association
Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association

Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association

Steven Savage2021-10-27T10:30:03+00:00March 5th, 2021|

Woodsford welcomes the pro-access to justice decision of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in DAF v The Road Haulage Association & UK Trucks Claims Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 299 that was handed down by the Court of Appeal earlier today […]

What the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act means for class actions in Ontario
What the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act means for class actions in Ontario

What the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act means for class actions in Ontario

Steven Savage2021-03-16T17:11:35+00:00July 16th, 2020|

Woodsford’s Ekin Cinar, based in Toronto, looks at what the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act means for class actions and how they can be financed in Ontario.

On July 2, 2020, the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act (“Bill 161”) amending the […]

Woodsford’s Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services in respect of its Inquiry into Litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry in Australia
Woodsford’s Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services in respect of its Inquiry into Litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry in Australia

Woodsford’s Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services in respect of its Inquiry into Litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry in Australia

Steven Savage2020-06-15T15:44:15+00:00June 15th, 2020|

On Thursday 11th June, Woodsford delivered a considered response to the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into Litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry.

You can read Woodsford’s response here.

Woodsford, delighted to have helped achieve redress for shareholders in the class action against Vocus Group in Australia, disappointed that a Common Fund Order was not granted.
Woodsford, delighted to have helped achieve redress for shareholders in the class action against Vocus Group in Australia, disappointed that a Common Fund Order was not granted.

Woodsford, delighted to have helped achieve redress for shareholders in the class action against Vocus Group in Australia, disappointed that a Common Fund Order was not granted.

Steven Savage2020-05-05T15:44:39+00:00May 5th, 2020|

Woodsford, while pleased with the results of the class action against Vocus Group in the Australian courts and the return on its investment, is disappointed that Justice Moshinsky refused the application for a Common Fund Order (CFO).

The Action, filed in April 2019, alleged that […]

Woodsford funds Australia’s largest ever securities class action – against Westpac
Woodsford funds Australia’s largest ever securities class action – against Westpac

Woodsford funds Australia’s largest ever securities class action – against Westpac

Steven Savage2021-11-17T15:05:45+00:00December 18th, 2019|

Woodsford funds Australia’s largest ever securities class action.

Woodsford is a leading ESG business, helping investors in public companies secure accountability and compensation when catastrophic breakdowns in ESG cause a loss to shareholder value. We are delighted to work with and fund the law firm

The Future of class actions in the UK from a Funder’s perspective

Steven Savage2019-09-17T09:41:19+00:00September 17th, 2019|

Class action funding in the UK.

In an interview with leading Dutch law firm Houthoff, Woodsford’s CEO, Steven Friel, looks at what the future holds for class actions in the UK, from a funder’s perspective.

“In the UK, up until around 20 years ago, any […]

Woodsford responds to the ALRC inquiry into class action proceedings and third party litigation funders

Steven Savage2019-03-19T13:28:54+00:00August 7th, 2018|

ALRC inquiry; earlier this year, the Australian Law Reform Commission published a Discussion Paper relating to its ‘Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders (DP 85)’ and invited responses to the proposals, commentary, analysis and questions in the Discussion Paper.

You can view Woodsford’s […]