Are you eligible for a payment of up to £562 from Sony? Consumer champion Alex Neill is suing Sony on behalf of almost 9 million people across the UK. The mass lawsuit — which was originally filed in August 2022, but was only given the go-ahead with a judgement from the Competition Appeal Tribunal at the end of last year — alleges that Sony overcharged PlayStation owners for digital games and in-game purchases over a period of six years. Class action lawsuits are commonplace in the United States, but are much rarer in the UK. These are lawsuits brought on behalf of a large number of people who…