Milligan (Respondent) v Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC and others (Appellants)

Permission to Appeal application lodged

Case summary
Permission to Appeal
Previous proceedings

Case summary

Case ID

UKSC/2025/0183

Parties

Appellant(s)

(1) Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC (2) Jaguar Land Rover Limited (3) CA Auto Finance UK Limited (4) Black Horse Limited (5) Lex Autolease Limited

Respondent(s)

Steven Milligan

Issue

Did the courts below take the wrong approach to determining whether the respondent is suitable to be appointed as the representative party in group proceedings?

Facts

The appellants are all companies associated with Jaguar Land Rover. The respondent is a member of a group of over 6,000 people who wish to bring group proceedings in respect of vehicle nitrogen oxide emissions from Jaguar Land Rover vehicles. In Scotland, group proceedings can only be raised if a court grants (1) an application for permission to bring the proposed group proceedings, and (2) an application to appoint a representative party. The respondent applied to be the representative party, and for permission to bring group proceedings. The Lord Ordinary granted both applications, in a judgment dated 29 October 2024. The appellants appealed against that decision. Their appeal was dismissed by the Court of Session of the Inner House. The appellants now appeal to the Supreme Court. They argue that the courts below took the wrong approach to assessing whether or not the respondent was suitable to be appointed as the representative party.