One of our Directors, James Harvey, has shared his insights on the Competition Appeals Tribunal’s (CAT) certification of the claim brought by Mr Merricks against Mastercard, the first-ever antitrust class action in the UK. His article explores the CAT’s decision to not allow the claim to include compound interest, which reduces the potential claim from £16 billion to £13.8 billion – a reduction of around £48 for each of the 46 million people in the class.

Economic Insight has been commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to assess the impacts of International Regulatory Cooperation (IRC) initiatives. We will be reviewing the existing literature and talking to a range of stakeholders involved with the initiatives.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (the CAT) last week published a summary of collective proceedings claim form in a novel class action case against Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).  We are the economic experts advising on this case.  Further details can be found on the CAT’s website here

We look forward to hearing from one of our Principals, Ian Thompson, at the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum on Wednesday 8th September 2021. He will be discussing next steps for England’s water market and working towards PR24.