Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 169 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 987 (Ch)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Mann J
Representation Alan Maclean QC and Richard Blakeley (instructed by stevensdrake Solicitors) for the claimants.
  Mark Brealey QC and Sara Ford (instructed by Herbert Smith LLP) for HAL.
Judgment Dates: 15 April 2011

Catchwords

Competition - Rules on competition - Abuse of dominant position - Defendant airport company owning and operating Heathrow Airport (HA) - Defendant and claimant car parking companies operating valet parking activities from forecourts of relevant HA terminals with off site car parks - Defendant proposing to change valet parking arrangements by getting claimants to carry out those services from terminals' car parks - Defendant remaining as only valet parking supplier on terminals' forecourts - Claimants commencing proceedings against defendant alleging abuse of dominant position - Whether defendant abusing dominant position - Whether defendant's conduct having anti-competitive effect - Whether defendant's conduct objectively justified - .

The Case

Competition Rules on competition. The Chancery Division of the High Court allowed the claimant car parking companies claim against the defendant airport company in respect of abuse of dominant position pursuant to s18 of the . The court took the view that the defendant had been guilty of conduct which contravened that section of the Act for which it did not have any good objective justifications.

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