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Samuel Brown
Insights
Jul 26, 2023

Certification of Collective Actions in the CAT

To bring a collective competition action in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”), a proposed class representative first has to have their claim certified by the CAT. The CAT’s approach to…
Insights
Jul 03, 2023

The Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill: Key Aspects for Private Enforcement

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government published the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill. In this Insight, we consider three key aspects of this draft legislation that are of particular…
Insights
Apr 20, 2023

Mastercard overcharge counterfactual declined – Tribunal rules in Merricks class action

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has handed down a judgment determining several preliminary issues in the £17 billion collective action brought against Mastercard in relation to anti-competitive…
Insights
Apr 17, 2023

Learning from the latest Trucks cartel judgment: a conversation between BCLP and Erso Capital

BCLP has been at the forefront of competition litigation ever since the seminal National Grid Gas Insulated Switch Gear claim issued in 2008. More recently, there has been significant interest in its…
Insights
Mar 17, 2023

Financing losses and interest - simple pleasures or compounding the misery?

It has long been a mystery to economists, accountants and business people why lawyers have regard to simple interest in commercial cases, in circumstances where companies generally do not (and cannot)…
Insights
Jun 02, 2021

When Can You Argue Mitigation? CAT Rejects Supplier Mitigation Defence and Issues Guidance for Scope of Supplier Mitigation

A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) judgment recently obtained by BCLP on behalf of clients Royal Mail and BT has wide-ranging implications, not only for all competition follow-on damages claims but…
Insights
Dec 18, 2020

Merricks v MasterCard: the Supreme Court delivers collective joy to class representatives

The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark judgment in a £14 billion collective action brought against MasterCard in relation to anticompetitive interchange fees, following an infringement decision…
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Nov 13, 2020

Highly impactful - UK National Security & Investment Bill introduces mandatory Government review of a wide range of transactions

On 11 November, the UK Government introduced to Parliament the long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill. The Bill, which is expected to be enacted in Spring 2021, is a transformative event…
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Nov 11, 2020

Bound by prior admissions: Court of Appeal upholds the CAT’s abuse of process judgment against Truck Cartelists

The Court of Appeal has strongly dismissed an appeal against the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (“CAT’s”) decision that it would be an abuse of process for certain truck manufacturers to seek to…
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