The two drivers are test plaintiffs. It's the British legal system's alternative to the class action, where a few representative claimants are chosen for a full

The two drivers are test plaintiffs. It's the British legal system's alternative to the class action, where a few representative claimants are chosen for a full trial, and the parties agree that the legal result controls the other cases. I don't know how many are in the '& others' in this case.