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UK competition law update: Ministers request CMA timetable for digital markets regime; CAT permits Sony appeal on litigation funding issues; upcoming competition calendar

Published on: 05 January 2024

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Digital markets

  • The Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State at DBT and DSIT have sent a letter to the CMA, requesting details of its plans and indicative timelines for rolling out the new digital markets competition regime—see further, letter. NOTE—For all UK digital markets competition regime developments, see further, UK Digital Markets Competition regime—progress tracker

Private actions

  • The CAT has issued a ruling in Alex Neill Class Representative Limited v Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited; Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Limited; and Sony Interactive Entertainment UK Limited. Sony has been granted permission to appeal the CAT’s judgment of 21 November 2023, which allowed the class representative’s application for a collective proceedings order and rejected Sony’s applications for summary judgment and to strike out parts of the claim.
  • Permission to appeal is confined to certain litigation funding aspects—see further, ruling. NOTE—For publicly disclosed live private actions in the UK, see further, UK private actions—ongoing cases tracker

Upcoming dates

  • For dates of upcoming UK competition developments, see further, UK Competition calendar...

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