Group Actions
Henderson Chambers is recognised in both Chambers UK Bar and the Legal 500 as the unrivalled leading set for group litigation. Recognised by clients as “the go-to … group action specialists”. Chambers UK Bar comments that chambers has “an unrivalled ability to handle the most complex and sophisticated group litigation matters”, noting further “the set’s celebrated barristers routinely appear in the most high-profile and complex group litigation cases.”. The Legal 500 comments “it is rare to find a key [group action] case without representation” from Henderson Chambers who have “established themselves as leading practitioners in the field”.
We have been instructed in most of the leading group actions issued in the English courts. Henderson Chambers has been at the forefront of the development of the law and practice in relation to group litigation orders and group actions, as well as representative actions and other collective redress actions.
The group actions that members of Chambers have acted in cover a wide range of different types of claim, including: product liability claims; environmental and pollutions claims; group actions arising out of large accidents and disasters; group actions brought by foreign nationals against UK registered companies; collective competition claims; group actions brought by consumers and under the Consumer Credit Act; data protection actions; group actions in respect of industrial disease litigation; employees claiming wrongful dismissal due to defective technology relied upon by the employer; group actions in respect of historic physical, sexual and financial abuse and group actions arising out of the mis-selling of financial and other products. Members of Chambers have become expert in advising in relation to the obtaining of group litigation orders, the structure and management of group actions, and in relation to the funding of group actions.
Several members of Chambers are engaged in writing the second edition of Multi-Party Actions, edited by Prof C. Hodges and Geraint Webb KC.
Henderson Chambers were named Group Litigation Set of the Year, and Geraint Webb KC was named Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024. In 2023, Charles Gibson KC was named the Legal 500 Group Action and Consumer Silk of the Year. In 2022 Chambers won both Set of the Year for Group Litigation and Consumer, and Celia Oldham was named Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards. Henderson Chambers contributed the In-depth Overview for Group Litigation in the Chambers UK Bar Guide for 2025.
