Industry-Wide Trucks Cartel Facing Massive Legal Claim In UK Tribunal

Related members: Adam Aldred and Douglas Cochran

Related practice areas: EU and Competition Law

British truck owners and lessees could receive compensation totalling £14bn without even having to sign up to a claim, in one of the biggest class actions in UK legal history.

UK Trucks Claim Limited (UKTC) has issued proceedings on behalf of owners and lessees of over 600,000 trucks, which were sold by way of unlawful anti-competitive practices undertaken and admitted by a cartel of European truck manufacturers over a 14-year period.

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Adam Aldred and Douglas Cochran are instructed as competition law specialists by Weightmans.