In the last ten years there has been a significant growth in the use of collective redress or representative actions (“group litigation”), a legal mechanism which may stop or prevent unlawful business practices that affect multiple claimants or compensate them for harm caused by these practices, within the EU and UK.

The growth of group litigation across Europe has potentially significant implications for businesses, increasing the scale of financial and reputational exposure from a defective product. Going forward, it will be more important than ever that businesses have regulatory compliance and civil litigation risk mitigation in mind at every stage of the research and development process.

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