The Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA)

What The Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA) does

The Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA) is a UK-based, not-for-profit professional membership association founded in March 2022 and headquartered in London (c/o Harcus Parker Limited, 80 Strand). It was established by six leading UK claimant-side group litigation firms — Edwin Coe, Hausfeld & Co, KP Law, Leigh Day, Milberg London, and Pogust Goodhead — and is co-presided by Martyn Day (Leigh Day) and David Greene (Edwin Coe, former Law Society of England & Wales President). CORLA exists to advocate for reform of the UK collective redress regime, promote best practice in claimant-side group litigation, raise awareness of collective redress mechanisms, and position the UK as a leading jurisdiction for group actions.

Its core "products" are membership services (Corporate, Individual, and Associate tiers), a published Code of Conduct setting practice and ISO/IEC 27001 cyber-security standards for member firms, specialist training and knowledge-sharing programmes, and an events calendar that includes an Autumn Conference, London International Disputes Week (LIDW) debates, and AGMs with judicial keynotes. CORLA also engages directly with the UK government, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and the Civil Justice Council on litigation funding reform and on expanding the opt-out regime beyond competition law. The organisation has 9 employees, is exempt from Information Commissioner's Office data-controller registration as a not-for-profit, and does not publish financials.

CORLA's business model is membership-fee based and discretionary; specific fee structures are not publicly disclosed. Distribution is entirely direct — law firms, individual lawyers, experts, and academics apply for membership via the website, and the organisation markets itself through its website, email newsletter, PR handled by Questor Consulting, and earned media coverage in outlets such as The Times, Legal Futures, and Chambers & Partners. There is no software, SaaS, or AI component to the offering.

Name

The Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA)

Legal name

The Collective Redress Lawyers Association

Website

https://corla.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CORLA is a UK not-for-profit membership association founded in 2022 by six leading claimant-side group litigation firms to advocate for collective redress reform, set practice standards, and provide training and events for UK legal practitioners in group actions.

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Core offering

CORLA is a not-for-profit professional membership association for solicitors and legal professionals specialising in collective redress and group litigation in the UK. It provides corporate, individual, and associate memberships to law firms, lawyers, experts, and academics, and delivers policy advocacy for reform of the UK's collective redress regime, training and knowledge-sharing programs, a Code of Conduct framework for member firms, and specialist industry events.

Product overview

CORLA is a professional membership association for UK legal practitioners specializing in collective redress and group litigation, not a technology product company. It provides a unified platform consisting of membership services, advocacy for regime reform, training and knowledge-sharing programs, a Code of Conduct framework for member firms, and organizes industry events and conferences. CORLA does not offer software products or digital tools.

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Broad incumbents

• The Law Society of England & Wales: The professional body for all solicitors in England and Wales, of which CORLA's Co-President David Greene is a former President; represents the broader incumbent against which CORLA positions itself as the specialist collective redress voice.
• The Bar Council: The representative body for barristers in England and Wales; comparable professional membership organisation that engages on civil-justice reform relevant to group litigation, but not claimant-side specialist.
• Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL): UK membership association for defendant-side insurance and litigation lawyers; sits on the opposing side of the same group-litigation and collective redress debates that CORLA influences.

Others

• International Association of Consumer Law: International scholarly and practitioner body focused on consumer law and collective consumer redress mechanisms; relevant peer given CORLA's stated objective of promoting UK expansion of opt-out regimes into consumer and related areas.
• BEUC (European Consumer Organisation): The European consumer umbrella body coordinating collective redress and consumer enforcement policy; relevant as the consumer-side advocacy counterpart CORLA engages with on collective redress regime reform.
• Civil Justice Council: UK statutory advisory body on civil justice reform with which CORLA engages directly; comparable institutional stakeholder in shaping collective redress procedure and funding rules.

Direct peers

• American Association for Justice: The leading US plaintiff bar association, representing trial lawyers who act for claimants — the closest international analogue to CORLA's claimant-side collective redress mission and organisational form.
• Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL): UK membership body for claimant-side personal injury and clinical negligence lawyers; overlaps directly with CORLA's claimant-side focus and shares the same member firms on the consumer-rights side.

Regional players

• European Justice Forum: European-level platform advocating for access to justice and litigation funding reform; closely aligned to CORLA's policy objectives at EU level and a natural international coordination counterpart.

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