When a large number of people have suffered a similar loss or injury due to the same issue, a group claim can be the most effective way to seek justice.

At DPG, we specialise in managing complex group claims, and bringing together multiple Claimants to bring public law or civil claims on their behalf.

What are Group Claims?

Group claims - sometimes referred to as multi-Claimant actions - allow numerous individuals to pursue an application for judicial review or compensation collectively against a single defendant or group of defendants.

Instead of each person filing their own costly and time-consuming case at Court, the claims are consolidated, creating a powerful legal avenue for redress.

Why bring a Group Claim?

Consolidating individual claims into a group action can offer several advantages:

Strength in numbers: Having a large group of claimants demonstrates the scale of the harm caused, often making a more compelling case to the Courts and putting greater pressure on the defendant.

Cost-efficiency: Legal costs, expert fees and court filing fees are shared among the Claimants, making litigation more accessible to those who might not be able to afford it individually.

Consistency: Group claims ensure that similar issues are treated consistently, resulting in a more uniform outcome for all affected parties.

Why instruct DPG?

DPG has a proven track record of bringing group claims on behalf of our clients including:

• Representing a group of asylum seekers who successfully brought a judicial review of their accommodation at Napier Barracks and then subsequent damages claims for their false imprisonment and mistreatment.
• Representing people detained at Manston short-term holding facility in a case against the government for allegedly unlawful detention and other breaches of their rights.
• Representing a group of individuals in respect of their detention and mistreatment by the Home Office, while subject to the controversial Rwanda policy.
• Representing migrants who have had their mobile phones seized by the Home Office and data extracted unlawfully.
• Representing individuals affected by the ARAP data breach, following the lifting of a super injunction on 15 July 2025 which revealed that the Ministry of Defence had experienced a serious data breach of the sensitive personal data of nearly 19,000 people who had applied to be relocated to the UK as part of the UK Government’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.