Class Actions 2024 Wrapped: A year in review

February 2025

2024 was another eventful year in the class actions space.

There were some important decisions, notable settlements and a reduction in the number of shareholder class actions, which has traditionally been quite dominant.

We have also seen a growing trend of class actions which focus on consumer protection, data breaches following cyber security incidents and employment. These shifts seem to reflect both regulatory changes and an increasing willingness amongst claimants to test new legal avenues for collective redress.

Reflecting on these developments, our class actions team have prepared a wrap up of the year that was and shared some thoughts on what to expect in the year ahead.

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Our team of Class Actions experts

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Claims Trends

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Shareholder Class Actions

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Data Breach Class Actions

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Notable Judgments

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Interlocutory Decisions

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High Court Wrap

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Settlements

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What To Expect In 2025

Our specialist team, led by Amanda Beattie, understand the nuances of running complex claims involving large numbers of plaintiffs and volumes of documents. We have experience in defending class actions across a broad range of industries and technical legal issues, and understand the issues relevant to advising the local and London insurance markets and the important dynamic between insurers and their corporate customers and brokers.

Established in 2023, our dedicated team was most recently ranked in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 guide as Tier 4 for Dispute Resolution: Class Actions. The team have worked across a number of high-profile class actions over the past 12 months including in employment, shareholder and product liability matters.

Our class actions experts are supported by a commercial litigation team of more than 30 lawyers and more than 450 highly experienced dispute resolution lawyers.

Amanda Beattie

Head of Class Actions

amanda.beattie@wottonkearney.com

Gavin Davies

Special Counsel

gavin.davies@wottonkearney.com

Samantha Saad

Special Counsel

samantha.saad@wottonkearney.com

Jonathon Ferraro

Senior Associate

jonathon.ferraro@wottonkearney.com

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