Speakers
- Tim West, Partner – Ashurst
- Nathan Willmott, Partner – Ashurst
- Judith Ayling KC – 39 Essex Chambers
- Simon Pugh, Partner – Portland Communications
- Clare Ducksbury, Founder and CEO – Case Pilots
- Rob Walsh, Partner – Ashurst
- Spaces: 100
- Venue: Ashurst, London Fruit & Wool Exchange 1 Duval Square, London, E1 6PW
What this session will cover
Our panel of experts from Ashurst, 39 Essex Chambers, Portland Communications and Case Pilots will explore the effective use of redress schemes, the interplay with class actions including mitigating class action risk.
Our panel of experts will cover:
– how and why organisations decide to set up redress schemes in response to a crisis event;
– what the interaction with regulatory obligations are; and
– how redress schemes work and can impact on class action risk.
Our panel of experts comprises:
- Simon Pugh, a Partner at Portland Communications and lead of their Litigation and Disputes team who will share the PR perspective and implications
- Clare Ducksbury, Founder and CEO of Case Pilots and a leader in the field of mass claims and class actions
- Judith Ayling KC of 39 Essex Chambers who regularly advises on group litigation and litigation funding issues
- Tim West, an Ashurst Dispute Resolution Partner who specialises in advising clients on Class Actions
- Nathan Willmott, an Ashurst Partner who specialises in advising financial institutions on investigations and other complex regulatory and legal issues and has experience of FCA redress schemes
- Rob Walsh, an Ashurst Risk Advisory Partner, who has served as the independent expert on many large-scale customer redress programs, including for ASIC in Australia’s landmark auto finance enforcement action.
Member hosts
Ashurst, 39 Essex Chambers



