Group Action in United Kingdom

Definition of Group Action

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Group Action : A procedure in which a large number of claims arising out of the same event, or against the same defendant, are dealt with together (e.g. proceedings by the victims of a plane crash for damages for personal injury). The court exercises more direct control over the interim (interlocutory) proceedings (*interim proceedings; *interlocutory proceedings) in such cases than is normal.

Compare representative action.