Britain’s “First Ever Class Action” Close to Settling
As previously noted here, a consumer watchdog in the UK known as “Which?,” which since 2002 has had the statutory power to bring class actions against companies convicted of price fixing or other anticompetitive practices, brought its first such case in March 2007. “Which?” brought the case against the high street chain JJB Sports for allegedly selling one million replica England and Manchester United football shirts at “rip-off” prices due to price-fixing.
According to an article in yesterday’s Retail Bulletin, “sources close to the process have told The Sunday Telegraph JJB and Which? are now very close to settling the litigation, which was Britain’s first ever class action suit and a test case for this US-style litigation.”
