Diesel Scandal Update: Recent Court Decisions and Future Sessions

Case update

Mercedes

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has now set a date for an appeal hearing. The hearing will take place on 17 June 2024 where we will challenge the court's decision. If we succeed, we can move forward in these proceedings. We are confident of a good outcome. Our expectation is that the court will take several months to rule. Of course, we will let you know when the court has ruled and what that means for the case.  

Renault

A hearing took place on 29 January 2024. At that hearing, the final formal requirements for admissibility of our foundation were reviewed. During the hearing, the judge asked to see the funding agreement that we entered into with the funder of this case. The judge is free to do so and we see that this is starting to become practice in more class actions. We presented our financing agreement and this has since been responded to by Renault. The judge has kept 10 April 2024 as a provisional date for the judgment. We do not expect that the content of the financing agreement will give the judge cause to have it modified and that - as in the collective action against Stellantis - we will be declared fully admissible. If that indeed happens, the substantive, substantive phase of the proceedings will begin. The first step will then be for the court to give Renault the opportunity to submit a defence. Renault will have three months to do so, so we expect that defence in July/August 2024. This will generally be followed by a hearing and the long-awaited (final) judgment. 

Stellantis

As we informed you earlier, the court has declared us fully admissible in our claims by judgment dated 20 September 2023. This means that the substantive, substantive phase of the proceedings now begins. We received Stellantis' substantive conclusion of reply on 6 March 2024. This is a voluminous document that is currently being studied. The court will now set a hearing date, which will be followed by the long-awaited (final) judgment. 

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