Held, Hasbro’s request to extend the time for the filing of their notice of appeal against the Director’s decision in respect of RPM agreements with their distributors would be dismissed. The fact that there was another ongoing investigation, which Hasbro argued prevented them from ‘putting their best foot forward’ in the instant appeal, did not constitute exceptional circumstances for the purposes of rule 6(3).
This is an unofficial summary prepared by the Registry of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
