MULTI PARTY ACTIONS
CLASS ACTIONS
GROUP LEGAL ACTIONS

Our nationwide network of lawyers who are all members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts offers free legal advice with no obligation. We normally use the no win no fee scheme and compensation is paid in full with no deductions. We do not ask you to pay on account as the claim proceeds and you do not have to pay for any expenses. Our lawyers will deal with individual cases or with multi party actions also known as class actions or group legal actions involving numerous claimants arising out of the same incident.

Multi party actions usually fall into three broad categories for such claims: sudden disasters, consumer claims and rolling claims. Sudden disasters may include railway derailments and collisions and shipping accidents often involving severe personal injury and numerous fatal accident claims. Consumer claims involve damage or injury caused by consumer goods that are defective and may include services that are below standard. Rolling claims result from a particular ongoing long term problem often involving pharmaceutical products or enviromental contamination.

There are several benefits of multi party actions relating to the efficient use of court time, reduction of legal expenses, pooling resources and aggregation of evidence. If a court can hear just one claim which is representative of many others and can come to a binding decision on all of them as a result of just one class action then the saving of court time can be substantial. In addition the benefits to the class in reduction of legal expenses which are shared amongst all parties involved in the group legal action often makes the difference between an action that is to expensive and risky on an individual basis to one that is within the means of numerous applicants on a pooled basis, thereby ensuring that all parties are dealt with fairly and equitably.

Multi party actions usually result in intensive media coverage. The high profile nature of group legal action catches the attention of a large number of people who may have had the same experience with the particular product or service. Large scale press or television interest often stimulates interest and some group legal actions can involve thousands of potential class action claimants.

Multi party actions may arise from a wide variety of circumstances :-

• major accidents involving trains, airplanes and shipping
• defective consumer products
• defective bio-medical devices
• defective pharmaceutical products
• environmental accidents including oil spills and atmospheric pollution
• fraud in the financial services sector including pensions, mortgages, insurance and investments
• inadequate services including health care
• travel and package holiday misrepresentation and personal injury
• occupational injuries affecting a sector of employees

If you have been injured as a result of a defective product or inadequate service then you may be eligible for compensation. If you are interested in learning more about claiming compensation just use the helpline or complete the contact form and you will be contacted by a solicitor who is a member of The Law Society panel of personal injury experts. This phone call is a no charge, no obligation consultation and you are free to decide whether or not to continue with the action.