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A difficult task ahead - the UK Supreme Court revives Mastercard class action
14 December 2020 A difficult task ahead - the UK Supreme Court revives Mastercard class action
While a historic claim on behalf of 46 million citizens can now proceed the final outcome is by no means certain
Shutterstock Claimant lawyers have hailed the UK Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to certify a ‘gargantuan’ class action against Mastercard as a victory for consumers . A clear-cut victory for the 46 million British citizens in the class remains some way off, however, given the complexities of the case. ‘This is a momentous decision for enforcing consumer antitrust rights,’ Tweeted Law Society of England & Wales president David Greene, a class action litigator himself, despite commentary from Mastercard’s lawyers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, pointing to the Supreme Court’s split decision.