Michael Lewin Solicitors has become the latest firm to announce that it is preparing a mass litigation case against VW, while the car manufacturer has claimed that only a few employees were responsible for it rigging US and EU emission tests.
According to Richard Coulthard, a director at Michael Lewin Solicitors, the firm has received a “huge number of calls” from concerned VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT owners since news broke that VW had cheated its way passed the US Environmental Protection Agency.
“We are in the process of contacting both Volkswagen and Patrick McLoughlin, UK Transport Minister and to express our concern that a trusted company like Volkswagen could have done such a thing and threatened our environment,” said Coulthard.
“We have set up a specialist team to take calls from owners, process claims and to collect evidence, and we are now beginning the process of putting together a Litigation case against VW.”
He added that it was the firm’s role to uphold consumer protection laws and to ensure that its clients were “not out of pocket after the purchase and operation of their vehicles”.
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