Chris Ross

Jun 13, 2024 | lexology.com | Chris Ross |Leonia Chesterfield |William Carter

With two collective settlements now approved by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and the outcome of the first substantive trial in the case of Le Patourel v BT anticipated shortly, it is an important time for the competition collective proceedings regime as the first sums start to be paid out to affected classes. In two recent CAT rulings handed down in May 2024, the tricky issue of damages distribution was considered.

Mar 9, 2023 | lexology.com | Chris Ross

Following the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU), this now provides a new opportunity for trade mark owners to extend protection to Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. These jurisdictions are UK re-registration territories and require a certified copy of a UK registration to secure registered protection. Being re-registration territories, extending rights of UK trade marks is a much-simplified procedure with minimal formality and substantive examination.

Feb 10, 2023 | lexology.com | Chris Ross |Leonia Chesterfield

A new era of consumer-focussed competition class actions is now well underway. It kicked off with the first collective proceedings order (CPO) granted by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in Merricks in the summer of 2021, opening the gates for further collective claims to be certified. The UK's fledgling competition class action regime, brought in under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, has now taken flight.