Diesel drivers could see huge impact from landmark High Court emissions scandal hearing this week
A landmark High Court case will be heard later this week with more than one million drivers’ legal claims being heard in relation to the diesel emissions scandal. On Friday, December 8, a hearing at the High Court will co-ordinate the legal claims of more than a million UK vehicle owners. The legal action being […]
Senior judge convenes special hearing to manage flood of Dieselgate claims
Representatives of more than 20 claimant law firms are expected to attend a High Court hearing tomorrow (8 November) to explore how the many Dieselgate group actions making their way through the courts can be effectively managed. The unusual hearing, called by King’s Bench Division (KBD) president Dame Victoria Sharp, will assemble advisers involved in […]
Claimant firms hail ‘turbo charge’ for dieselgate hearings
Claimants in the ’dieselgate’ group claim against motor manufacturers today hailed a judgment by the president of the King’s Bench Division setting an aggressive court timetable for the action. In Various claimants v Mercedes Benz Group & Ors Dame Victoria Sharp and three other judges ruled that a three-day consolidated hearing in the claim would open on 17 […]
Car makers face 1.2m payouts over emissions cheating claims, judges told
Car manufacturers are facing more than 1.2m compensation claims following allegations that “defeat devices” were fitted to diesel vehicles to get around emissions tests, judges have been told. Four judges overseeing a preliminary High Court hearing in London today heard that Mercedes-Benz was facing around 350,000 claims – and that manufacturers including Opel, Nissan, Jaguar […]
£1bn High Court claim against Mercedes-Benz over diesel emissions scandal takes major step forward
A £1bn group claim against Mercedes-Benz has taken a major step forward after the High Court requested that significant legal paperwork be submitted. Around 330,000 motorists could be entitled to compensation in the landmark case, which alleges the German outfit illegally fitted ‘defeat devices’ to diesel vehicles in order to swerve emissions tests. The company made […]
£1 billion claim takes a big step forward over Mercedes emissions scandal
72,000 claimants will soon be receiving an update from their lawyers Milberg London LLP in respect of their legal claim against Mercedes Benz. The action alleges that the car manufacturing giant installed so-called ‘defeat devices’ within their vehicles at the manufacturing stage with the specific intention of cheating emissions tests. In a similar UK case, […]
Mercedes facing 330,000 legal claims over ‘defeat devices’ in diesel vehicles
Mercedes-Benz is facing more than 330,000 compensation claims from motorists over allegations it unlawfully fitted “defeat devices” on diesel vehicles to get around emissions tests, the High Court was told. The German manufacturer is alleged to have “deliberately misled” customers over whether its cars complied with emissions standards through the “concealment” of the banned technology. […]
Mercedez-Benz faces over 300,000 UK claims over diesel emissions
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) faces more than 300,000 claims at London’s High Court from the owners of diesel vehicles that were allegedly equipped with “defeat devices” to cheat emissions tests. The German carmaker is said to have misled customers about certain diesel vehicles’ compliance with nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions standards. Mercedes-Benz denies that any […]
Mercedes-Benz appears before High Court for first time over emissions scandal claims
Mercedes-Benz has made its first appearance before the High Court as it battles claims that it illegally fitted ‘defeat devices’ to diesel vehicles to swerve emissions tests. Law firms representing hundreds of thousands of consumers and businesses sought to link their claims for damages against Mercedes – which denies the allegations – at a hearing in […]
Mercedes Benz makes first UK court appearance as ‘dieselgate’ class-action lawsuit begins
German carmaker Mercedes Benz today appeared in a UK court over its alleged part in the ‘dieselgate’ scandal. Lawyers acting on behalf Mercedes Benz drivers asked a London court to let them launch a class-action type lawsuit against the German firm over claims it cheated on emissions tests. Class-action specialists Leigh Day and Pogust […]
