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South Western Trains argues UK fares mass action not ‘strong’ enough to win trial approval

By Simon Zekaria ( March 11, 2021, 17:29 GMT | Insight) -- Stagecoach South Western Trains told a UK judge today that a planned mass lawsuit seeking millions of pounds for rail commuters over ticket fares isn’t “strong” enough to be certified for a full trial at the UK’s competition tribunal. The penultimate day of a four-day hearing saw SSWT and peer First MTR South Western Trains pick holes in consumer-rights advocate Justin Gutmann's proposed bid to claw back nearly 100 million pounds for commuters.A planned mass lawsuit seeking millions of pounds for an automatically included class of rail commuters over ticket fares isn’t “strong” enough to be certified for a full trial at the UK’s competition tribunal, a UK judge was told today by Stagecoach South Western Trains....

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