Civil case against VW’s diesel emissions scandal to start VW owners are seeking compensation for alleged fitting of emissions defeat devices Class action against Volkswagen will begin today (Monday 2nd December) in the UK, as lawyers representing more than 90,000 VW owners look to settle whether defeat device software fitted to 1.2 million vehicles was designed to illegally circumnavigate clean air laws. More than four years on from when the VW emissions scandal initially broke, VW customers in the UK are taking their case to the courts in the latest round of legal battles for the German manufacturer. The action is a civil suit, rather than a trial to determine any criminal undertakings. Other countries have already seen settlements paid by Volkswagen, with the scandal costing the company billions of pounds in legal damages. VW has paid more than $4 billion in penalties from criminal charges brought two years ago. Penalties in Australia have also been settled for customer compensation. In Europe, there has been no such closure, with cases due to come to court in the UK and a number of other countries. Here, VW claims that the emissions software used was not illegal – despite German authorities having previously ruled that it was. Volkswagen claims that no defeat devices have been installed in any vehicles in the UK, and that it will contest the action.
Origin: Civil case against VWs diesel emissions scandal to start