Bio
Saphya Caus is an Associate in Scott+Scott’s London office specialising in competition damages litigation. Mrs. Caus has worked on a variety of disputes at all levels of the English Courts and in arbitration proceedings, acting for individuals and corporate clients in a wide range of industries.
Prior to joining Scott+Scott, Mrs Caus worked as a senior paralegal at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. During that time, she worked on leading competition damages claims, competition investigations in the financial service sector, and High Court financial claims.
Mrs Caus is bilingual in English and French.
Admissions
- England and Wales
Representative Cases
- Case 1517/11/7/22 (UK) Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings – Acting for multiple merchants (including Vodafone, Hermès, GrandVision, Michelin, Dunelm, Soho House, Grange Hotels) in trials against Visa and Mastercard regarding anti-competitive interchange fees the consideration of two-sided markets, platform economics, and pass-on. Also litigating claims under Article 102 on behalf of merchants in relation to scheme fees.
- Case 1339/7/7/20 Mark McLaren Class Representative Limited v MOL (Europe Africa) Ltd and Others (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases to watch in 2025) – Acting for the Class Representative in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal in a follow-on damages claim for losses suffered as a result of the Maritime Car Carriers cartel, negotiating settlements totalling over £38 million with three of the five Defendant groups, before running a trial against the remaining two.
- QB-2018-001043 Vadim Don Benyatov v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (one of The Lawyer’s and Law360’s Top 20 cases to watch in 2020 and 2021) – Acted for the Claimant, Vadim Benyatov, in the High Court and Court of Appeal in a claim against his former employee, Credit Suisse, relating to losses suffered by Mr Benyatov while working for the bank in Romania.
- Case 1329/7/7/19 Michael O’Higgins FX Class Representative Limited v Barclays Bank PLC and Others (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases to watch in 2020) – Acted for the Class Representative in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal in a collective action for damages arising from the FX Cartels.
Education
- University of Law (Graduate Diploma in Law; Legal Practice Course)
- Faculté Alexis de Tocqueville, France (French Law Degree)