Class Action Updates and Developments: The Ascertainability Requirement and Motions to Strike Class Allegations

Although the results are still mixed, many courts in recent years have become more sceptical about allowing class actions to proceed where the identity of the class members and their alleged harm is obscure, and more open to striking unsupported class allegations in the early stages of litigation.

This article appeared in the 2015 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Class & Group Actions; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.