COMPENSATION CAMPAIGN
COMPENSATION CAMPAIGN FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FAILURES AND DISRUPTION – Are You One of Them?
Are you among those who have suffered due to issues with major infrastructure projects or their subsequent management? COCOO.uk is exploring a compensation campaign for parties impacted by problems such as those identified with the A1 in Northumberland, the A66 trans-Pennine route, the Moor Farm and Seaton Burn roundabouts, and the Gateshead flyover
If you are a resident or business owner on the Isle of Wight and have been forced to pay persistently high and unfair fares for essential ferry services, we believe you may be entitled to compensation. Our investigation suggests the market is uncompetitive and that islanders are being systematically overcharged. COCOO is therefore preparing a collective action to recover the money that we allege has been taken from the island’s economy through these anti-competitive practices. To build the strongest possible case, we need you to come forward. Please visit our campaign website to confidentially register your interest and share your experience of the impact these fares have had on you or your business. Registering your details carries no cost or financial risk, but it provides us with the crucial evidence needed to launch a formal claim and seek justice on your behalf. Your voice is essential in breaking the stranglehold on the island’s transport links and recovering the compensation you deserve
We are looking to hear from individuals, residents, and businesses who have been directly harmed. For instance, you may be an affected party if you are a road user who has suffered personal injury or damage to your vehicle due to the unsafe condition of roads like the A1 or the Gateshead flyover prior to decisions about its demolition, potentially stemming from negligent maintenance by the responsible authorities. Businesses and residents located near major construction or demolition sites, such as those connected with the A66 upgrade, the Moor Farm works, or the Gateshead flyover demolition, who have had their use and enjoyment of their property significantly disrupted by excessive noise, dust, or vibration, might also be affected. Furthermore, if your business received specific, direct, and inaccurate assurances from a public body concerning a project’s continuation, and you relied on this information to your significant financial detriment, you might have a claim
COMMON HARM
For a collective compensation campaign, it’s important that groups of people have experienced a common type of harm. This could include road users who have all suffered physical injuries or vehicle damage due to a failure to maintain a specific stretch of road infrastructure. Another group could be local businesses and residents who have all endured substantial and unreasonable interference with their property rights, such as prolonged excessive noise or dust, from the same nearby construction or demolition activities. Establishing a common reliance on a specific negligent misstatement leading to financial loss for a defined group of businesses would also represent a shared harm, although this is often more specific to individual circumstances
WHY IS THIS CAMPAIGN NECESSARY
Our analysis indicates that the difficulties identified across different areas, such as infrastructure delays, cancellations, and the management of projects, may point to underlying systemic challenges within public project delivery and funding allocation. These issues have led to significant disquiet among residents and businesses and have raised concerns about impacts on regional economic growth, safety, and connectivity. Pursuing individual legal claims can be daunting and expensive. This campaign aims to explore the possibility of collective action to seek redress for those who have suffered tangible harm due to these failures, particularly where the short time limits for other forms of legal challenge may have passed.
BENEFITS OF JOINING
- Free access a compensation mechanism.
- Express your concerns and provide evidence: You will have a platform to detail the damages suffered.
- Propose solutions: You will be able to contribute practical and legal ideas.
- Strengthen transparency and fair competition: You will support a constructive debate on the correct application of EU rules and the promotion of competitive markets.
- Restore trust: Your participation can be decisive in restoring the integrity of the competitive framework and the confidence of economic operators
- Join a community of potentially affected parties to facilitate compensation. Subscribing to a compensation campaign does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not commit you to any obligation, fee, or cost
ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL HARM
A claim in Negligence could arise if a public body or another responsible party owed you a duty of care (for example, to keep a road safe), breached that duty (e.g., by failing to maintain it properly), and this directly caused you foreseeable harm, such as personal injury or damage to your property. If successful, compensation could cover medical costs, repair bills, and other losses directly flowing from the injury or damage. In limited cases, if a specific false statement was made negligently to you, relied upon, and caused direct financial loss, a claim for negligent misstatement might be possible. However, it’s important to note that claims for general economic loss, such as loss of anticipated profits due to project cancellations based on policy decisions, are very difficult to win in negligence against public bodies
ABOUT US
COCOO.uk is a British non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of fair competition, the protection of investors and consumers, and the safeguarding of the public interest. Our objective is collective redress on behalf of consumers and competitors to protect and promote their right to discipline responsible parties, both public and private. Oscar Moya LLedo is our Solicitor (the British equivalent of an “Abogado”) and plays a fundamental role in our mission to promote fair competition and protect the rights of consumers and businesses CASEFILES
Campaign Phases:
PHASE 1: Identification of systematic deficiencies in compliance with legislation that protects consumers, competitors, and the public interest.
PHASE 2: Identification of potentially affected parties and uniting them through this platform. Most victims never receive compensation and never find out that they are victims entitled to compensation or restitution. This creates a significant imbalance in the justice system to the disadvantage of consumers and competitors. That is why we need to unite. United, we gain power to negotiate on equal terms.
PHASE 3: Negotiation of the payment of financial compensation or restitution to the affected parties
LEGAL NOTICE
Joining a Compensation Campaign does not create a lawyer-client relationship and does not commit you to any obligation, fee, or cost. The allegations set forth herein are subject to an ongoing investigation and have not been proven before a court of law, unless otherwise indicated. All information provided will be treated confidentially in accordance with data protection regulations. This document contains the opinions, beliefs, and allegations of COCOO.uk based on currently available information and presented in good faith. These statements are subject to further investigation and should not be construed as definitive facts unless so established in a legal proceeding. COCOO.uk is a charitable society, not a law firm. The statements set forth herein are based on current information and are subject to further investigation. The basis for collective action resides in the fact that multiple entities and/or individuals may have suffered similar economic harm as a result of common conduct, for example, the overcharge paid by consumers or businesses, or mismanagement by the public sector