Walter Merricks told an event he intends to lead a class action against a UK train company, while Solicitor General Ellie Reeves has described class actions as “transformative”
Lawyer and consumer champion Walter Merricks plans to take over as class representative in the opt-out claim against UK train company Govia Thameslink, while his dispute with Innsworth Capital over his Mastercard settlement drags on.
Speaking at a meeting of the Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA) on Wednesday (12 November), Merricks revealed that he has applied to succeed David Boyle, a journalist and economist who passed away in June, as the lead representative in the case over the charging of anticompetitive fares. Merricks’ appointment is still subject to approval as it “raises a number of
complex and difficult issues”, he said.
Addressing the same event, the Solicitor General of England and Wales Ellie Reeves praised collective redress as “transformative” and “restoring that balance” between the public and those in positions of power.
Read the full article written by Andrew Mizner and published by Commercial Dispute Resolution on 13 November 2026 here.
Published on November 13, 2025 by CORLA