US-style class actions, in which a named claimant may bring a claim on behalf of a class of unnamed claimants and from which individuals must opt out in order not to be bound by the outcome of the class action, do not exist in England. There are, however, certain procedural mechanisms which can be used in order to pursue collective actions.
Part 19.11 of the English Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) provides that a Group Litigation Order (GLO) can be made for the case management of claims which give rise to common issues of law and fact (GLO issues).
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