Uber dodges £340M cabbie lawsuit after drivers miss legal deadline

Uber has dodged a £340 million lawsuit brought by thousands of London black cab drivers after a High Court judge ruled that they'd left it too late to sue. Monday's ruling kills off two claims involving around 13,000 cabbies and former private hire companies Kabbee and Iride, which accused Uber of misleading Transport for London (TfL) to secure its operating license. The cabbies wanted nearly £200 million in compensation for lost earnings, while Kabbee and Iride sought another £140 million. But the court never got as far as deciding whether Uber had done anything wrong. The claims were filed in May and June 2024, but Mr Justice Simon Birt ruled they were too late under the six-year time limit. The cabbies insisted that they hadn't had enough evidence to allege fraud until June 2018, but the judge wasn't buying it. …