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Group litigation: Claimant

KP Law

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Litigation boutique KP Law offers a ‘very bespoke and individualised service’ for its clients, with specific expertise in group litigation. Consumer representation is a key focus for practice, with the team acting on high-profile data breach claims, equal pay matters, and vehicle emissions claims. Managing director Andrew Nugent Smith is a ’great leader as well as technically excellent lawyer’, and sits at the helm of the team that includes ‘legally sophisticated’ Mark Kenkre and legal director Hannah Wright-Jones who is ’extremely dedicated and analytically strong’. At associate level, Nathaniel Barber is ‘extremely able and talented’, and is noted alongside Lesley Ainsworth.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Andrew Nugent Smith is an innovator in the group litigation space. One of the trailblazers who others now seek to follow. A great leader as well as technically excellent lawyer (both key to managing large scale group actions).’
  • ‘Mark Kenkre - legally sophisticated, clinical but always commercial.'
  • ‘The team provides a very bespoke and individualised service, with great specialism in group litigation.’
  • ‘Mark Kenkre - very hands-on, sensible, and commercial. Hannah Wright-Jones - proactive, well-informed, hard-working.’
  • ‘Nathaniel Barber is an extremely able and talented associate who operates group claims at the highest level.’
  • ‘Kingsley Hayes is an excellent tactician.’
  • ‘Hannah Wright-Jones is extremely dedicated and analytically strong. She has proven herself to be very adept at managing large scale group litigation and clientele numbering in the tens of thousands.’
  • Lesley-Ann Ainsworth combines strong instincts on all matters substantive and strategic with an exceptional diligence in everything that she does.’

Key clients

  • Mercedes-Benz (Daimler AG) emissions claimants
  • Uber workers’ rights claimants
  • Volkswagen Group emissions claimants
  • Tesco workers' rights claimants
  • Binance Cryptoasset claimants
  • London Metal Exchange claimants
  • TerraUSD Claimants
  • EasyJet data breach claimants
  • British Armed Forces pension mis-selling claimants
  • Vauxhall emissions claimants
  • Equiniti data breach claimants
  • Sports fraud claimants
  • Plevin/PPI claimants
  • Police Federation of England and Wales membership data breach claimants
  • Equifax data breach claimants
  • Asda workers’ rights claimants
  • Morrisons workers’ rights claimants
  • Sainsburys workers’ rights claimants

Work highlights

  • Representing consumers in vehicle emissions claims arising out of the infamous “dieselgate” scandal in which car manufacturers mislead consumers and regulators on the emissions from diesel vehicles, including actions against some of the largest and well-known brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Vauxhall.
  • Representing workers in rights claims for fair wages and back pay from the UK’s four largest supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons, and Uber, the world’s largest ride-sharing company.
  • Representing consumers bringing high-profile data breach and cybercrime claims following attacks against major airlines British Airways and EasyJet, credit reporting giant Equifax, Ticketmaster, the biggest ticketing company in the world, and leading pensions services company Equiniti.

Lawyers

Leading Individuals

Andrew Nugent Smith

Andrew Nugent Smith

KP Law

Andrew is Managing Director of KP Law, taking primary responsibility for the growth and direction of the firm. As a seasoned commercial litigator, he has a deep understanding of collective redress and litigation finance. Andrew established KP Law in 2019 and developed its practice to include claims in emissions, worker rights, data breach and privacy, financial products, investment fraud and mis-selling and competition. Andrew resolved claims for over 10,000 Uber drivers seeking redress for historic failures by the company to grant workers’ rights and is also representing Tesco store workers in a group action claim for unpaid wages. He also leads the firm’s case against VW, Vauxhall and Mercedes.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrew Nugent Smith

Other key lawyers

Mark Kenkre, Nathaniel Barber, Kingsley Hayes, Hannah Wright-Jones, Lesley-Ann Ainsworth, Tom Longstaff, Duncan Hedar

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