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What is a Group Action?

Where a number of people wish to make a claim for compensation arising out of the same circumstances, against the same Defendants, their claims are brought together and managed by the Court ("the designated Judge") and an appointed legal team ("the co-ordinating solicitors" and "generic Counsel"). Generally, the generic issues (i.e. the liability issues which are common to all) are prepared and tried, usually by reference to lead cases, followed by a measuring of individual claims against the result of the generic decision of the Court.