The Competition Collective Actions Forum 2024 - 2nd Annual

Registration
08:45

Chairperson’s Welcome
09:15

Keynote Presentation from the CAT: The Competition Collective Action Landscape
09:25

Highlighting Key Collective Decisions and Procedural Innovations Over the Last Year
10:10

• 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
• The interplay between collective and B2B disputes
• An overview of recent CPO applications outside of the traditional competition claims
• A look at Collective Actions at the trial stage
• Other procedural innovations

Networking & Refreshment Break
10:55

Discussing Defendant and Claimant Perspectives on Certification, Strike Out and Carriage Disputes
11:15

• When is the appropriate time for carriage risk decisions to be made and key battle grounds in carriage disputes
• Funding strategies post-PACCAR and managing one-sided disclosure
• The place of disclosure in proceedings
• Discussions on Class definition
• Lessons learned and developments in certification
• Strategic lessons learned in structuring class action cases

Exploring Strategies for Multi-Jurisdictional Action and an Overview of European Collective Regimes
12:05

• Developments in cross border / EU wide class actions 
• Updates on the implementation of the EU Representative Action Directive
• Challenges and opportunities of multi-jurisdictional issues action

Networking & Lunch Break
12:50

Examining the Role of Experts at Trial and Claim Valuations
13:50

• 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

Navigating Post Certification to Trial and Settlement
14:35

• 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

Networking & Refreshment Break
15:30

What Constitutes Best Practice for Distribution and Communication with the Class?
15:50

• Effective distribution plans following judgement /settlement
• Defendant 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

Uncovering the Way Forward for the UK Collective Action Regime
16:40

• 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

Chairperson’s Closing Remarks: Where Next for the Competition Collective Actions
17:25

Close of Conference
17:35

Drinks Reception
17:35