The Litigation and Disputes team’s 2024 Report, ‘Reputation and Accountability: Class Actions, ESG and Values Driven Litigation’, offers new insights and tracks trends in how the UK perceives and engages with class actions, ESG and securities litigation. The complete report can be accessed here.
The report surveyed a nationally representative 2,000 people in the UK, as well as cross section of 540 ‘senior decision makers’ across UK business (directors, manager and c-suite). The report also includes contributions from several senior legal experts.
Top findings from this year’s Report include:
- Public awareness of class actions has substantially increased in the UK for the first time, but this has not translated into an increased willingness to sign-up.
- The public’s faith in class actions yielding positive outcomes for claimants has significantly increased, but the largest majority still believe that lawyers and litigation funders stand to benefit most.
- The public have a low awareness and understanding of their eligibility to claim compensation for high-profile competition claims, despite showing a high enthusiasm to participate in such claims.
- Senior business decision makers in the UK are highly aware of their duties to mitigate climate risks, as well as the threat of legal action from shareholders if they fail to do so.
Legal experts contributing to this year’s report include senior lawyers from leading firms Travers Smith and Stewarts on the threat to business from potential ESG and shareholder litigation, and the Co-Founder of a litigation analytics firm.
Portland’s first ever Reputation and Accountability Report was produced by our Litigation & Disputes practice, who act as specialist advisors providing strategic communications support reinforce the legal strategies of leading law firms, corporates, sovereigns and individuals around the world.
For twenty years, and across multiple jurisdictions, countries and languages, Portland has applied its problem-solving abilities to provide bespoke communications solutions to legal issues, and to protect clients’ reputations by managing intense media scrutiny through highly sensitive legal scenarios.
Since 2018, Portland’s Litigation & Disputes practice has been recognised in Band 1 for PR & Communications in Chambers and Partners Litigation Support Guide.
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