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The Competition Collective Actions Forum 2024 - 2nd Annual
The only Forum dedicated to UK ‘Collective’ Competition Litigation
In-person | 6th June 2024 | Central London
Complimentary attendance for In-House Counsel
Join your peers from across the competition litigation community at the only Forum to focus solely on UK 'Collective' Competition Actions.
Back for a second year, this focused yet comprehensive one day conference, brings together those involved in live cases and the wider competition litigation community to address lessons learned and experience gained in this rapidly evolving area of litigation.
Hear your peers address nuances in bringing and defending class actions and recent case developments around trial, settlement, carriage dispute, class definition, funding and more...
Key Highlights from 2023...
Hear from those involved in the first action to go to trial - Le Patourel v BT...
Benefit from claimant and defendant perspectives on the first settlement...
Over just one focused but comprehensive day out of the office you’ll benefit from:
9x interactive sessions designed by
an Advisory Board directly engaged in today’s
key live cases.
30+ specialist speakers sharing
their personal insights and experiences.
The President of the CAT delivering
unique first-hand
insights and commentary.
Your Expert Event Advisory Panel
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Scott+Scott
BCLP
Herbert Smith Freehills
Key Topics You Will Hear Addressed:
Navigating Post Certification to Trial and Settlement
- What can be taken from the CAT’s approval of the Mclaren settlement for collective actions more generally
- The role of the opinion in supporting the settlement
- Issues for defendants in contribution and ensuring no over-compensation where a co-defendant settles
- How settlements by individual claims impact class settlement
- What use can evidence from a settled individual claim be used in the collective action?
- The CAT’s interest in economic assessment of the settlement and economists assistance in settlement approval
- The role of funders in the settlement process
Highlighting Key Collective Decisions and Procedural Innovations Over the Last Year
- Assessing the UK’s Competition Collective Action Regime and where further development are expected and needed
- An overview of the cases before the CAT and Court of Appeal: key decisions
- An overview of recent CPO applications outside of the traditional competition claims
- A look at Collective Actions at the trial stage
- Other procedural innovations
Discussing Claimant and Defendant Perspectives
on Certification, Strike Out and Carriage Disputes
- When is the appropriate time for carriage risk decisions to be made
- The place of disclosure in proceedings
- Funding strategies post-PACCAR
- Discussions on Class definition
- Lessons learned on certification
- Strategic lessons learned in structuring class action cases
Uncovering the Way Forward for
the UK Collective Action Regime
- Potential expansion of the CAT’s role in general mass claims
- DMCC and the future of consumer claims
- Interplay with data and ESG claims
- Meta data collection action and scope for more data “competition” claims
- Key developments in Representative Actions in the UK and worldwide
What Constitutes Best Practice for Distribution and Communication with the Class?
- Effective distribution plans following judgement /settlement
- Claimant communications with the class through all stages of claims. Including latest court decisions on the issue
- Challenges and concerns for class communication at the distribution stage
Examining the Role of Experts at Trial and Claim Valuations
- Access to witness and documentary evidence and the interplay with expert analysis
- The effect of limited and expert driven disclosure in the CAT
- The interplay between large number of individual claims and a downstream/upstream collective claim
- Impact of recent judgments assessing expert evidence in competition claims
Your Expert Speaker Panel Includes
Competition Appeal Tribunal
Mishcon de Reya
WilmerHale
Geradin Partners
Class Representative & Regulatory Consultant
Cornerstone Research
BT Group
BIICL
Simmons & Simmons
Hausfeld
Brown Rudnick
Cleary Gottlieb
Ashurst
Epiq (US)
AlixPartners
Shieldpay
Economic Insight
Compass Lexecon
CDC Cartel Damage Claims
Frontier Economics
Monckton Chambers
A Word From Our Chair
Having been involved in a number of ThoughtLeaders4Disputes events, I have always been impressed by the quality and range of knowledgeable speakers they are able to assemble for their conferences. This makes for a lively and informative discussion. Their decision to now expand in to Competition Collective Actions is therefore very exciting. The subject matter is highly topical, with competition collective actions taking off in the last couple years and now representing some of the most high profile and largest disputes before the English Courts. There is much learning to be shared, and ThoughtLeaders4Competition will no doubt bring together an impressive array of speakers to their events.
Boris Bronfentrinker - Partner - Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK)
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