COMPENSATION PROJECT : CASE HALMA GROUP
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COMPENSATION CAMPAIGN FOR PARTIES THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE HALMA GROUP PRACTICES
If your organisation has purchased or operated fire safety systems, medical diagnostic equipment, or industrial safety devices in the United Kingdom, you may be entitled to significant financial compensation. A single conglomerate, Halma plc, has through dozens of small acquisitions quietly gained a dominant position in the markets for life-critical products supplied by its subsidiaries, including Apollo, Advanced Electronics, Keeler, Volk, and SunTech Medical. Our extensive investigation indicates that this “stealth consolidation” has eliminated fair competition, potentially forcing UK public bodies and private companies to pay excessive prices for essential equipment and locking them into expensive, proprietary service contracts. If your NHS Trust has been overcharged for ophthalmic instruments, if your local authority has paid inflated fees for fire alarm maintenance, or if your business has suffered losses due to the limited choice of suppliers, you are a victim of this anti-competitive conduct. COCOO is now assembling a powerful collective group claim to recover these losses. By joining our Compensation Project, you add your voice to a unified front, making the recovery of your organisation’s funds more effective and sharing the cost of legal action. We believe the evidence of harm is clear, and the time to act is now. We urge you to contact us confidentially to explore how we can help you reclaim the money that has been unlawfully taken from your budget.
COCOO.uk has initiated a compensation campaign aimed at parties who may have been harmed by the Halma plc Group’s consolidation strategy and market practices in critical safety and health sectors. We invite you to consider if you or your organization might be one of those affected.
Potential affected parties include consumers and end-users of vital safety products (such as fire or gas detectors and medical devices), as well as direct customers like hospitals, public administrations, or installers of such systems. We also consider affected competing companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which may have suffered exclusion or difficulties competing due to Halma’s practices. Halma’s strategy, based on multiple small-scale acquisitions, might have allowed it to circumvent standard competition controls, thereby consolidating substantial market power
COULD YOU BE AFFECTED?
COMMON HARM
The common harm we are investigating stems from this “silent consolidation” and the consequent market power that Halma could have accumulated in segments such as fire detection, gas detection, and certain specialized medical devices. This power could manifest as higher prices for customers, a reduction in the diversity of options and the pace of technological innovation, or the exclusion of competitors from the market. Additionally, excessive concentration in the supply of essential safety equipment could generate systemic risks to public safety in the event of product failures or supply chain disruptions
BENEFITS OF JOINING
- Access compensation mechanisms.
- Express your concerns and provide evidence: You will have a platform to detail the damages suffered.
- Propose solutions: You will be able to contribute practical and legal ideas.
- Strengthen transparency and fair competition: You will support a constructive debate on the correct application of EU rules and the promotion of competitive markets.
- Restore trust: Your participation can be decisive in restoring the integrity of the competitive framework and the confidence of economic operators
Subscribing to a compensation campaign means joining a community of potentially affected parties to facilitate their compensation. Subscribing to a compensation campaign does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not commit you to any obligation, fee, or cost
This campaign is necessary because Halma’s growth strategy through discrete and cumulative acquisitions in sensitive health and safety markets may have generated risks that exceed the purely commercial sphere, reaching a magnitude that would justify regulatory intervention. We have alerted various authorities in Spain, including the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) and the Ministries of Health, Economy, Consumer Affairs, and Industry, about the need to investigate whether Halma’s practices infringe competition law or if its cumulative concentrations restrict effective competition. The aim of this campaign is to unite affected parties to assess the extent of the potential damage and demand accountability, as most victims often lack awareness of their rights or the means to act individually
POTENTIAL HARM
Potential causes of action being investigated include, among others, abuse of a possible dominant position by Halma in relevant markets, as prohibited by Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and national competition laws such as Spain’s Competition Defence Law (Ley de Defensa de la Competencia). The ensuing damages could be excessive prices, the imposition of unfair commercial terms, or practices that exclude competitors. Furthermore, product liability is being considered if reduced competitive pressure has negatively affected the quality or safety of products marketed by the Halma group, causing harm to users. This could translate into direct economic losses for customers due to overcharges, losses for competitors due to market exclusion, or physical and material damages for consumers in case of failures of essential safety products
ABOUT US
COCOO.uk is a British non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of fair competition, the protection of investors and consumers, and the safeguarding of the public interest. Our objective is collective redress on behalf of consumers and competitors to protect and promote their right to discipline responsible parties, both public and private. Oscar Moya LLedo is our Solicitor (the British equivalent of an “Abogado”) and plays a fundamental role in our mission to promote fair competition and protect the rights of consumers and businesses. CASEFILES
Our Campaigns follow three phases:
PHASE 1: Identification of systematic deficiencies in compliance with legislation that protects consumers, competitors, and the public interest.
PHASE 2: Identification of potentially affected parties and uniting them through this platform. Most victims never receive compensation and never find out that they are victims entitled to compensation or restitution. This creates a significant imbalance in the justice system to the disadvantage of consumers and competitors. That is why we need to unite. United, we gain power to negotiate on equal terms.
PHASE 3: Negotiation of the payment of financial compensation or restitution to the affected parties
LEGAL NOTICE
Joining a Compensation Campaign does not create a lawyer-client relationship and does not commit you to any obligation, fee, or cost. The allegations set forth herein are subject to an ongoing investigation and have not been proven before a court of law, unless otherwise indicated. All information provided will be treated confidentially in accordance with data protection regulations. This document contains the opinions, beliefs, and allegations of COCOO.uk based on currently available information and presented in good faith. These statements are subject to further investigation and should not be construed as definitive facts unless so established in a legal proceeding. COCOO.uk is a charitable society, not a law firm. The statements set forth herein are based on current information and are subject to further investigation. The basis for collective action resides in the fact that multiple entities and/or individuals may have suffered similar economic harm as a result of common conduct, for example, the overcharge paid by consumers or businesses, or mismanagement by the public sector