Specialists in providing expert economic evidence in antitrust, competition damages and collective actions
In the Which? v Apple collective proceedings, the proposed class representative (PCR) sought to recover aggregate damages for the foregone consumer surplus (FCS) of the ‘Non-Purchasers of iCloud services’. Yes, compensation for those who did not buy Apple’s iCloud services. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) allowed FCS to be pleaded to trial in the face of a muscular dissent by the Tribunal’s Chair. This Casenote examines the ins and outs of damages for FCS.
The organisation of snooker is under scrutiny for the second time in the English courts. NST Worldwide v World Snooker & WPSBA has been filed in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal by an entrant alleging that the organiser of the World Snooker Tour and the sport’s governing have singly and jointly acted to restrict players’ freedom to play in tournaments organised by competitive
promoters. This case is a re-run of the 2001 High Court antitrust case Hendry v WPSBA (largely overlooked), where the WPSBA was found to have abused its dominance. Cento was then and is now the economist expert witness for the respective claimants. On the earlier case read his re-posted Casenote and ECLR article “Markets in Professional Sport”.