Motorists in ‘dieselgate’ legal battle with Volkswagen over ‘defeat devices’ win first court stage

Motorists locked in a legal battle with Volkswagen over the so-called ‘dieselgate’ scandal have won the first stage of a High Court action, after a judge ruled software installed in thousands of its diesel vehicles was a ‘defeat device’.  In what could be the largest consumer action in English legal history, lawyers representing around 90,000 … Read more