1236/5/7/15 Registered: 11/2/2015

Claim for damages under section 47A of the Competition Act 1998 based on the decision of the European Commission dated 19 December 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (COMP/34.579 MasterCard, COMP/36.518 EuroCommerce and COMP/38.580 Commercial Cards).

An application for permission to serve the claim form out of the jurisdiction on two defendants was heard on 24 March 2015. A ruling was given on 22 April 2015 ([2015] CAT 7); on that date the President also made an order with directions consequent upon the ruling. Pursuant to those directions, an amended claim form was filed on 16 June 2016. An application by the Defendants to contest the jurisdiction of the Tribunal was filed on 5 September 2016.

A joint case management conference with Cases 1264, 1265 and 1268 listed for 9 October 2017 was vacated. On 9 October 2017 the President made an order giving case management directions for the joint hearing of the Defendants’ application with the equivalent applications in Cases 1264, 1265 and 1268. A joint case management conference with Cases 1264, 1265 and 1268 listed for 8 March 2018 was vacated.

A joint hearing with Cases 1264, 1265 and 1268 on a preliminary issue has been listed for 8 October 2018 with a time estimate of three days.

• 24 Mar 2015 | 10.30am - Hearing
• 22 Apr 2015 | 11am - Ruling (Permission to serve out of the jurisdiction)
• 8 Oct 2018 (Time estimate of 3 days) | 10.30am - Hearing (Preliminary issue)

View Diary page for event details

• Order of the President (Case management directions)
  PDF 9/10/2017 47KB
• Summary of claim
  PDF 10/10/2016 29KB
• Order of the President (Service out of the jurisdiction)
  PDF 22/4/2015 36KB
• Ruling (Permission to serve out of the jurisdiction)
  PDF 22/4/2015 171KBSummary
• Transcript of hearing (Application to serve out of the jurisdiction)
  PDF 24/3/2015 399KB