A UK class action against Google
If you are an app developer based in the UK, it’s possible you have suffered financial loss because of Google’s conduct.
Register to follow Professor Barry Rodger’s claim for up to £1.04 billion of compensation.
Settlement agreed between Professor Rodger and Google
Professor Rodger has secured a settlement of £260m on behalf of UK app developers.
The proposed settlement remains subject to approval by the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal and will be considered at a hearing on 15 September 2026. Details of that hearing, including class members’ rights to make submissions on the proposed settlement, can be found here
Details of the proposed settlement, including class members’ rights in relation to the settlement, can be found here.
Opportunity to ask Professor Rodger questions
Professor Rodger regularly holds online meetings with class members. These are opportunities for class members to discuss the claim and ask him questions about its progress.
Please register your interest by emailing enquiries@googleplaystoreclaim.co.uk. Professor Rodger’s representatives will be in touch with you directly with further details about the next quarterly meeting.
Participation in the meetings will be confidential and not disclosed to Google or any other third party.
Professor Barry Rodger’s claim alleges that Google has abused its dominant position to the detriment of a large class of thousands of UK app developers who need to use its app marketplace, ‘Play Store’ or ‘Google Play’, to access their customers. The class action lawsuit seeks compensation for the losses in revenues suffered by those individuals and businesses, many of whom are SMEs, from August 2018 onwards.
Professor Barry Rodger is applying to bring an opt-out claim in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal to obtain damages for affected app developers. That could include you.