Competition Appeal Tribunal Grants £3.78m to The Access to Justice Foundation

Competition Appeal Tribunal Grants £3.78m to The Access to Justice Foundation The payment to charity was agreed by all key parties in the Boundary Fare class action (Gutmann v SSWT), including the funders and legal representatives. The Competition Appeal Tribunal today approved the agreed plan, ruling that a significant portion of the unclaimed damages (£3.78 […]

Opportunities to Secure New Funding for Free Legal Advice

Exploring Opportunities to Secure New Funding for Free Legal Advice Join us on 15 September to learn how you can influence initiatives that could unlock new funding streams There are currently several important opportunities that could shape future funding for free legal advice services across the UK. On Monday 15 September (10-11:30am), we’re bringing together […]

Unclaimed damages in Guttman v SW Trains

Unclaimed damages in Guttman v SW Trains The Competition Appeal Tribunal approved a £25m settlement in Gutmann v South Western Trains in May 2024, but the proportion of claimants collecting their share has been low. To us, this indicates a problem with access to justice – people have not come forward to collect what they […]

Merricks v Mastercard Settlement

Competition Appeal Tribunal Confirms the Access to Justice Foundation as Recipient of Unclaimed Funds in Merricks v Mastercard The Competition Appeal Tribunal today has handed down its written judgment along with the collective settlement approval order in the Merricks v Mastercard case.  This case was a landmark collective action brought on behalf of over 44 million […]

Merricks v Mastercard

Merricks v Mastercard The Access to Justice Foundation has been given permission to intervene in the settlement approval application in the case of Merricks v Mastercard. Our intervention aims to assist the tribunal in understanding how our role as the prescribed charity under the Competition Act enables us to make effective use of any undistributed […]