{"id":196,"date":"2026-07-15T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/transportation\/?p=196"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:34:37","slug":"dieselgate-england-a-pyrrhic-victory-for-some-in-emissions-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/transportation\/2026\/07\/15\/dieselgate-england-a-pyrrhic-victory-for-some-in-emissions-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dieselgate England \u2013 A Pyrrhic Victory for Some in Emissions Litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/alexandermgeisler.html\">Alexander M. Geisler<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/oliverkent.html\">Oliver Kent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cPan-NOx\u201d litigation, as it became known, was England\u2019s version of \u201cDieselgate.\u201d&nbsp;In 2023, a total of 13 group litigation orders against most of the world\u2019s major car manufacturers were consolidated by the High Court in London. The judgment binds every party across all 13 group litigation orders, both participants and nonparticipants alike. It didn\u2019t deal with quantum, which is set for a separate trial in October 2026, and it is all subject to appeals, which are likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/dieselgate_england_a_pyrrhic_victory_for_some_0726.html\">Read the full <em>Alert<\/em> on the Duane Morris LLP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexander M. Geisler and\u00a0Oliver Kent The \u201cPan-NOx\u201d litigation, as it became known, was England\u2019s version of \u201cDieselgate.\u201d&nbsp;In 2023, a total of 13 group litigation orders against most of the world\u2019s major car manufacturers were consolidated by the High Court in London. The judgment binds every party across all 13 group litigation orders, both participants &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/transportation\/2026\/07\/15\/dieselgate-england-a-pyrrhic-victory-for-some-in-emissions-litigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dieselgate England \u2013 A Pyrrhic Victory for Some in Emissions Litigation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16,151,152,150,8],"ppma_author":[54,97],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-alex-geisler","tag-emission","tag-oliver-kent","tag-pan-nox-litigation","tag-transportation"],"authors":[{"term_id":54,"user_id":348,"is_guest":0,"slug":"amgeisler","display_name":"Alexander M. 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