Blocking Google class action would deny justice, UK court told

Blocking a proposed British class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big firms to behave with impunity, a lawyer told the Supreme Court.

Hugh Tomlinson, a lawyer for former consumer rights champion and class representative Richard Lloyd, told senior judges that although the case was “novel and innovative”, it was an appropriate way to ensure access to justice and compensation.

“If we are wrong about this, there is no civil remedy,” Tomlinson told the final day of a two-day hearing, adding that pursuing Google with a U.S.-style class action was the only way to attract the necessary commercial funding for a claim.