Cara Nicholson

At Hausfeld, she is part of the legal team working on:

• An opt-out collective action filed on behalf of UK publishers of websites and apps against tech giant Google in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim alleges that Google has infringed competition law in the online display advertising market where over 200,000 websites and apps have lost out on ad revenue, and could therefore collectively receive an estimated £3.4bn in damages.

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Cara was part of legal teams representing:

• A public body in a negligence claim.
• A public body in a procurement challenge.
• A financial institution in an unjust enrichment dispute.

• A group action in the High Court representing victims of Typhoon Odette in the Philippines, alleging that the impact of Shell’s contribution to anthropocentric climate change increased the likelihood and severity of Typhoon Odette. The case is the first civil claim to directly link the climate impacts of oil and gas companies’ activities to death, personal injury and property destruction that has already occurred in the Global South.

Before Hausfeld, Cara was involved in several pro bono initiatives including:

• Acting in a highly publicised and successful landmark judicial review.
• Drafting a Victims’ Right to Review Application, which resulted in the re-opening of a criminal investigation.
• Acting in three inquests and one public inquiry.
• Contributing to a report on the impact of Generative AI on the Right to Free and Fair Elections.