{"id":114,"date":"2020-04-14T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginmediadatabreach.co.uk\/news\/?p=114"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T12:02:11","slug":"virgin-media-data-breach-court-case-warning-about-deadlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginmediadatabreach.co.uk\/news\/virgin-media-data-breach-court-case-warning-about-deadlines","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media data breach court case: warning about deadlines!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s likely that a formal Virgin Media data breach court case will be established which will\u00a0 then be used to manage the claimants as part of one action.<\/p>\n

When this happens, there will usually be a court-imposed cut-off date for people to join the action. To benefit from the decisions made in the court case, including settlements, people will need to be a part of the action. For example, there may be an established Group Litigation Order (GLO).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a very important warning about making sure you join the action before any deadline hits. In fact, we urge you to take action now<\/strong><\/a> because missing the deadline is very easy, and it happens to thousands of people in many different actions.<\/p>\n

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Is there an established Virgin Media data breach court case?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s not yet an established Virgin Media data breach court case, such as a GLO. It\u2019s likely that there will be one because there are 900,000 victims who could be eligible to claim, and we estimate that the total pay-out could reach the \u00a34.5bn mark.<\/p>\n

Instead of tens of thousands of individual cases being issued and pursued across courts all over the UK, it would be far more efficient for them to all join together. They can then pursue the case as one solid action, which is why there\u2019s legislation in place for this to happen.<\/p>\n

Use of the court process should be reserved for when it\u2019s required. This means that it\u2019s not a case of simply launching court action as soon as possible, it\u2019s about doing so when all other options have been exhausted. It\u2019s early days in the Virgin Media data breach compensation action<\/strong><\/a>, so we\u2019re not yet at that stage.<\/p>\n

When will the Virgin Media data breach compensation deadline be?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At this stage (April 2020), as there\u2019s not yet a formal Virgin Media data breach court case, we cannot know for certain when the deadline may fall.<\/p>\n

To give you a corresponding example, we launched action for victims of the British Airways data breach in September 2018. A formal GLO was established for that action in October 2019 when we were appointed, by order of the High Court of Justice, to the Steering Committee responsible for the overall conduct of the litigation. The deadline for people to join that action has been set as January 2021.<\/p>\n

However, the Defendant did try to seal a short cut-off date of just 17 weeks. Although this was not put in place, you can\u2019t say for sure that this kind of thing wouldn\u2019t happen for future actions, including for the Virgin Media action.<\/p>\n

Missing the deadline!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If a formal Virgin Media data breach court case is established and a deadline is in place, you don\u2019t want to miss it.<\/p>\n

Even when there are lengthy cut-off dates, people still miss the deadlines. With our firm being involved in over 50 group and multi-party actions in all, we\u2019ve heard it all:<\/p>\n