Uber says it won bid to throw out £340m London black cab lawsuits
The two linked claims concern allegations about information Uber gave Transport for London when seeking a private-hire licence. Uber denies wrongdoing.
Uber said on 19 October 2026 that it had won a bid in London's High Court to throw out two linked lawsuits brought by thousands of black cab drivers and two former private-hire companies, according to Reuters. The claims were valued at about £340 million ($453 million), making the reported outcome significant for the claimants and the ride-hailing company.
The claimants sued Uber in 2024 over allegations about how it obtained a private-hire vehicle operating licence in London. They alleged that Uber gave Transport for London misleading and inaccurate information. Uber denied the allegations and argued that the lawsuits were brought after the six-year time limit for such claims had expired.
What the London black cab claims alleged
An earlier High Court ruling in the same litigation described separate claims by individual black cab drivers and by an assignee of rights belonging to two companies previously involved in London's private-hire sector. That ruling recorded allegations of unlawful-means conspiracy and deliberate wrongdoing, including fraudulent misrepresentation connected to Uber's operating system. The defendants denied those allegations in their entirety.
The earlier court record gives the filing dates as 2 May and 24 June 2024. It says the parties accepted that the primary six-year limitation period had expired before the claims were issued. That left a question about when the claimants discovered, or could with reasonable diligence have discovered, the alleged fraud or concealment.
Why the limitation period mattered
The court had scheduled a preliminary issue trial to begin on 25 June 2026 to address that discovery question. The earlier ruling concerned a disclosure application and the planned preliminary issue; it did not decide the outcome Uber announced in October. The distinction matters because the date on which a claim was filed was only one part of the limitation dispute described in the court record.
Reuters reported Uber's account of its court win but said a copy of the new High Court ruling was not immediately available. The precise terms of the decision and the court's reasoning were therefore not immediately clear. Reuters did not report whether the claimants planned any further legal step.
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Sources and context
- Uber wins bid to throw out UK mass lawsuit by black cab driversCNA / Reuters
- Uber London Ltd & Ors v Garry White & Ors [2026] EWHC 1610 (Comm)CaseNode (reproduced court transcript)
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