Hugh Morrison

Hugh helped manage insurance and construction disputes as well as regulatory work including:

• Acted for the claimant in a significant arbitral claim against an international insurance broker, likely the largest of its kind in New Zealand at the time.
• Acted for various territorial authorities in a large number of construction dispute matters with damages claimed up to $35 million, some of which ended in successful mediations.
• Acting for a large national tourism company in relation to building determination and compliance issues.
• Acted for numerous faith-based institutions in the largest Royal Commission of Inquiry in New Zealand.

At Hausfeld, he is part of the legal team dealing with the following groundbreaking claims:

• A representative collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of the Consumers’ Association (known as Which?) against Qualcomm on behalf of a class of around 29 million UK consumers alleging that Qualcomm abuses its dominance in the markets for smartphone chipsets and standard essential patents, the result of which is that Qualcomm is able to overcharge smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung for its technology. Damages are estimated to be over £480 million.
• An opt-out collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of an estimated 19.5 million eligible UK users of smartphones and tablets running on Google’s Android operating system relating to excessive and unlawful charges on purchase in the Google Play App Store. The claim alleges that Google unfairly restricts consumers from accessing potential competition from other app distributors, by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a bundle of Google’s proprietary apps and services including the Google Play Store as well as imposing other contractual and technical restrictions.
• An opt-out collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of an estimated 19.5 million eligible UK users of smartphones and tablets running on Google’s Android operating system relating to excessive and unlawful charges on purchase in the Google Play App Store. The claim alleges that Google unfairly restricts consumers from accessing potential competition from other app distributors, by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a bundle of Google’s proprietary apps and services including the Google Play Store as well as imposing other contractual and technical restrictions.