Right Move lawsuit gets 2 to 3 November 2026 court date
Right move faces a 2 to 3 November 2026 hearing after the Competition Appeal Tribunal set a date for the £1.5 billion collective action led by Jeremy Newman. The first major procedural step will decide whether the claim can proceed as a collective case and move closer to a full trial.
£1.5 billion is the damages figure attached to the claim, which alleges Rightmove charged excessive and unfair subscription fees to estate agents and new home developers between 1 April 2020 and 1 April 2026. For agents and developers that rely on the portal for leads, the hearing now fixes the point at which the case can either move forward or stop at the certification stage.
Jeremy Newman leads the claim
Jeremy Newman, a former panel member at the Competition and Markets Authority, is leading the action, which is fully funded by Innsworth Capital and run by Scott+Scott UK. The claim says Rightmove abused its dominant position in the online property portal market and used exclusionary conduct that prevented rivals from competing on a level footing.
80% is the share of consumer time spent on UK property portals accounted for by Rightmove, according to the facts behind the case. That level of audience concentration sits at the centre of the dispute: Rightmove has said it defended its pricing on the basis of the audience and lead volume it delivers, while the claim argues that those fees were excessive and unfair.
29 July filing deadline
29 July is the date by which Rightmove has until to file its response to the claim. That filing will be the company’s first formal answer to allegations that its market position allowed it to charge estate agents and new home developers more than a competitive market would permit.
2025 also produced an earlier warning sign for the portal’s market power, when a petition calling for a Competition and Markets Authority investigation gathered thousands of signatures. In January 2026, OnTheMarket revived its agent-led Resistance Tour, another sign that frustration over portal pricing had already moved beyond a courtroom dispute and into the wider industry.
2027 trial possibility
2027 is the year a substantive trial could follow if the tribunal grants a Collective Proceedings Order in November. That makes the November hearing the gatekeeper event for the case: if the order is granted, the lawsuit can move from a claim on paper to a live trial over pricing, dominance and alleged exclusionary conduct.
