I have just received notification of a proposed order of the District Court of Nevada and been advised that a class action has been brought on behalf of people who rented cars at Las Vegas and Reno airports between 3 June 2007 and 30 September 2009, on the basis that they were allegedly overcharged.

I am told that the court is being asked to approve a settlement whereby I will be entitled to a certificate worth $10 towards a future rental, and I am given the chance either to accept this or to object.

I am then advised that, if settlement is reached with regard to this and related settlements involving car rental brands, the plaintiff’s counsel will apply to the court for a total award of attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses not exceeding $1,440,000 ‘which application the various defendants have agreed not to oppose’.

Could I possibly be practising in the wrong jurisdiction?

P A Jewitt, Nicholson Portnell, Hexham, Northumberland