Colum Tremayne

Colum is currently part of the team:

• Acting for JLP A&A Class Representative Limited in a collective action against Apple and Amazon on behalf of millions of UK consumers who purchased Apple products. The claim seeks approximately £900 million in damages for consumers alleged to have paid higher prices as a result of an agreement under which Amazon restricted sales of Apple products by independent merchants on its marketplace.

Colum has also been part of the competition disputes teams:

• Bringing claims on behalf of several large logistics, consumer goods, and haulier companies against the renowned Trucks cartel.
• Acting for the proposed class representative, consumer advocate Julie Hunter, in collective proceedings filed against Amazon.com, Inc. and others, seeking damages 

Colum also has commercial disputes experience including acting for:

• The entrepreneur founder and seller of a healthcare business, defending post-acquisition warranty and indemnity claims in the High Court brought by the private equity buyer and claiming substantial pre-action recoveries in multiple negligence claims against each of the seller’s former accountants, lawyers and financial advisers.
• A defendant in a claim by a manufacturing company and its owner-director for conspiracy to cause reputational and economic harm.
• A pharmaceuticals company in relation to a worldwide freezing order in support of substantive Ukrainian derivative proceedings.
• An educational institution in relation to a debt repayment dispute.

Colum has experience:

• Advising global NGOs in relation to commercial and financial services litigation caused by climate change.

Colum has acted for:

• The CEO of a disability aviation charity, in relation to a disability discrimination claim against Carnival PLC t/a Cunard.