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FIND OUT MORE10 July 2026: The English High Court (Lady Justice Cockerill) today handed down the liability judgment in the long running diesel NOx emissions litigation. The Claimants' case has failed against Renault.
Commenting on today's judgment, Renault's lawyer, Tom Snelling of Signature Litigation LLP, said:
“We are proud to have represented Renault in what today's judgment describes as this 'behemoth' of litigation.
This ruling reflects the fact that the allegations made against our clients were always misguided, and intellectually incoherent. The Claimants' case was built, gelatinously, on the false assumption that Renault vehicles contained a ‘cycle recognition device’ like that at the heart of 'VW Dieselgate'. The Claimants ignored engineering reality, doubling down instead on what Lady Justice Cockerill has called their "dream car fallacy".
Having worked on this case for six years, it means a huge amount professionally and personally that Her Ladyship has said today that: "the parties have responded admirably to judicial “encouragement” to co-operate and assist the court. Specific thanks is due to the core solicitor teams who have appeared regularly at the “management meetings” convened weekly or every two weeks to deal with issues arising in the day to day progress of this behemoth of litigation"."
It has been a Herculean effort by many people over many years. The Signature team on the case includes / has included:
London: Becca Hogan, Kate Gee, Tom Snelling, Tom Crawford, George Bazinas, James Reynolds, Nicholas Rayner, Jess Lowe, Kyle Eggins-Allman, Nikara Rangesh, Katrin Harter, Aimée Mullan, Ryan Cable, Molly Heslop, Claire Colonnese, William Entwistle, Martina Salvano, Poppy Jefferson, Nikki Sutton-MacGregor, Olivia Ward, Simona Stasiulyte, Carol Baptista, Duc Vu.
Paris: Thomas Rouhette, Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Mathilde Gérot, Ines Aramouni, Nora Zaki, Bruno Clement-Grandcourt, Mahau Frenkenberg.
We have been brilliantly supported and advised by: Alex Antelme KC, Richard Sage, David Myhill, Frederick Wilmot-Smith, Frederick Simpson, Toby Riley-Smith KC, Kitty Kirton, Stephen Bailey, Marc Banyard.
Abdulali Jiwaji, Simon Fitzpatrick and Kendrah Potts have advised the Renault Authorised Dealers.
A link to a summary of today's ruling may be found here.
Tom Snelling was quoted in The Global Legal Post in relation to this ruling, here.
