If you have opted into the claim, you will have received an email requesting information to be provided from your Vehicle Operator Licence (VOL). Please ensure that this information is provided by 30 April 2025.
If you fail to provide your VOL information by this deadline, the value of your claim could be limited based on assumptions made by the RHA’s data analysts. This could mean that you receive less compensation than you would have been entitled to if you provided your information when we requested it.
If you have any questions about the claim or the VOL process, please email truckcartel@rha.uk.net.
The RHA and its subsidiary, RHA Used Trucks Limited (“RUTL”), have been authorised by the Competition Appeal Tribunal to bring the only collective claim on behalf of haulage operators in the UK against the truck manufacturers involved in the Truck Cartel. The period for opting into the claim ended on 28 February 2025. You can read more about the claim in the official so-called “Rule 81 Notice” about the claim here.
The claim is made up of companies, firms and individuals that purchased or leased a new truck between 17 January 1997 and 31 January 2014 or a used truck between 17 January 1997 and 31 January 2015. The RHA is acting on behalf of operators who purchased or leased new trucks and RUTL is acting on behalf of operators who purchased or leased used trucks.
Operators need to provide their VOL information by 31 March 2025.
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The European truck manufacturers have admitted that they were guilty of a serious violation of EU competition rules and were fined over £3.4bn. We believe that you paid too much for trucks you purchased or leased during the cartel and for a period afterwards and that you are entitled to compensation.
Broadly speaking, you are entitled to claim for the difference between what you paid for your trucks and what you would have paid if the cartel had not existed.
As the trade body dedicated to the road transport industry, the RHA believes that it is incumbent on it to lead the legal action against the truck manufacturers.
Read the official notice (the Rule 81 Notice) providing an overview of the RHA’s collective claim. Please note, however, that you can no longer opt into the claim.
Read our Claim Summary which explains in plain English the structure of the Truck Cartel legal action.
On the 19th July 2016 the European Commission issued a press release confirming the existence of a cartel among European truck manufacturers
Watch an informative Q&A session with Richard Smith and Steven Meyerhoff from Backhouse Jones Solicitors, providing an update on the Road Haulage Association (RHA) Truck Cartel Legal Action.
Following the granting of the Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) by the Competition Appeal Tribunal, we are seeking compensation for operators that have opted into the claim.
Learn more about the next steps in the case and what you need to do following the closure of the opt in period on 28 February 2025. This is a crucial opportunity to stay informed and ensure you don't miss the next steps.
The RHA will continue to hold webinars throughout the case, if you would like to stay updated on the claim, please register to join future webinars.
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