VW Emissions Group Action: Crossley & Ors v Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (the “VW NOx Emissions Group Litigation”)

The High Court has today handed down judgment in the VW NOx Emissions Group Litigation – the class action arising out of what is often described as the ‘emissions scandal’. Following a two-week trial of two preliminary issues, Mr Justice Waksman has found that the controversial engine software function amounts to a ‘defeat device’ for the purpose of EU law, and that previous findings of the relevant German authorities were binding on the High Court in that respect.
— Read on www.blackstonechambers.com/news/crossley-ors-v-volkswagen-aktiengesellschaft-the-vw-nox-emissions-group-litigation/