2026 UK Competition Collective Actions Report
Our 2026 UK Competition Collective Actions Report highlights that 2025 was a year of retrenchment for the UK’s competition collective action regime. The report – the latest in our series of UK Competition Collective Actions Reports – analyses developments relating to Collective Proceedings Orders (CPOs) and cases before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) in 2025. This report considers, in turn: (i) the characteristics of the set of collective action cases in 2025 compared to those seen in previous years; (ii) the timelines as cases progressed through the various stages (registration, CPO hearing, CPO judgment, trial(s), and final judgment), as well as outcomes in terms of settlements or damages awards; and (iii) market participants, with a focus on law-firmand funder activity.
