Group Claim Cases

• Claims by a group of 500 investors in several different action groups in respect of the fraudulent promotion of various UK property developments

• Claim by a group of residual beneficiary charities against professional executors in respect of various payments made to one of the executors ostensibly pursuant to informal agreements reached with the deceased

• Claims by a group of houseowners against builder on the basis of cold spots and failures of thermal insulation across a new-build estate

• Group claim against solicitors for failure to advise of risks and absence of legal protections in respect of the purchase of 25 off-plan units in a buyer-funded development

• Group claim by investors in buyer-funded development following omission of rental guarantee from the contractual documents

• Claim by group of householders in executive development in Lincolnshire against housebuilder for defective windows, installed without sufficient structural support and dispute as to adequacy of supposed remedial scheme

• Claim against solicitors for various failures to protect investors in off-plan purchases of student accommodation

• Claims by several groups of fishers for compensation arising from licensed closure of fishing grounds to allow surveying for cable from offshore wind farm

• Claim by group of international investors in off-plan student accommodation development against a security holder following the collapse of the developer

• Claim by city centre market traders against city council under oversight of Commissioners, for relief from rent claims on the basis of a failed refurbishment and development of the market with resulting decline in footfall

• Claim by 21 pension fund investors against SIPP provider and offshore tax wrapper provider following misappropriation of funds to investors’ IFA

• Group claim by 5,000 workers in the gig economy for workers’ rights including national minimum wage and holiday pay

• Group claim against solicitors for failure to warn of and protect against risks of investors losing deposits in off-plan student accommodation development

• Group claim against solicitors in respect of security protection in off-plan student property development investment scheme

• Cllass action by 150 residents against owners and operators of an animal by-product rendering facility and associated hauliers for odour nuisance

• US$5m claim by group of investors against guarantor of a failed international mobile payments technology company

• Group claim by residents against power station for nuisance caused by dust emissions including claims by owner/occupiers and by landlords for loss of amenity, loss of capital value and loss of rental value

• Group claim by residents for odour nuisance against nearby engine-testing facility

• Product liability claims in respect of medical devices (hip replacement joints) - class actions in multiple (13+) jurisdictions

• Group action by residents against owners and operators of an animal by-product rendering facility and associated hauliers for odour nuisance

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