Competition Act : Supreme Court Examines and Answers the Issue of Collective Proceedings

Competition Act : Supreme Court Examines and Answers the Issue of Collective Proceedings

In an interesting Judgment issue was around the procedure for collective proceedings introduced by amendment to the Competition Act 1998 for the purpose of enabling small businesses and consumers more easily to bring claims for what may loosely be described as anti-competitive conduct in breach of the provisions of the Act. It was held that collective proceedings may not proceed beyond the issue and service of a claim form without the permission of the CAT (Competition Appellate Tribunal) in the form of certification by a Collective Proceedings Order (“CPO”) under section 47B of the Act. 

Mastercard v. Walter Hugh Merricks CBE [2020] GCtR 1099 (UKSC)