On 19 May 2023, Mrs Justice Heather Williams handed down judgment in Prismall v Google UK Limited & Another [2023] EWHC 1169 (KB). She struck out the claim by Andrew Prismall, acting as a Representative Claimant on behalf of about 1.6 million people, and entered summary judgment for the Defendants, Google UK Limited and DeepMind Technologies Ltd. Continue reading
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The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that a representative action brought against Google should not proceed ([2021]UKSC 50) is a very positive development for data controllers of all sizes. The judgment will be read closely by those interested in the wider UK class actions landscape. Continue reading
The Supreme Court today handed down its long awaited judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google [2021] UKSC 50. The Court unanimously allowed Google’s appeal and restored the Judge’s order refusing the representative claimant permission to serve the claim out of the jurisdiction. Continue reading
It has, today, been announced on the UK Supreme Court website that judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google will be handed down at 9.45 on Wednesday 10 November 2021. Google’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s 2 October 2019 decision ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599) was heard on 28 and 29 April 2021 by a panel consisting of Lord Reed, Lady Arden and Lords Sales, Leggatt and Burrows. Continue reading
On 28 and 29 April 2021, the Supreme Court (Lord Reed, Lady Arden, Lords Sales, Leggatt and Burrows) heard the long awaited Google appeal against the Court of Appeal’s 2 October 2019 decision ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599). Continue reading
On Wednesday 28 April and Thursday 29 April 2021, the UK Supreme Court will hear Lloyd v Google LLC, a hotly anticipated appeal which could see the rebirth of the CPR 19.6 representative claim vehicle for opt-out data privacy ‘class actions’. Continue reading
A campaign group, Facebook You Owe Us, is to launch a representative action against Facebook for the illegal use of one million users’ data in the England and Wales following Cambridge Analytica scandal. Continue reading
The Supreme Court (Lords Wilson, Briggs and Kitchin) has today granted Google LLC permission to appeal against the order of the Court of Appeal in the case of Lloyd v Google LLC ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599) granting the representative claimant permission serve a representative claim out of the jurisdiction. Continue reading
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