Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 92 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 869 (Ch)
Court: Chancery Division
Judge:

Roth J
Representation Jon Turner QC and Daniel Beard QC (instructed by Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP) for the claimant.
  Mark Hoskins QC (instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) for the 1st to 5th defendants.
  Stephen Morris QC (instructed by Hogan Lovells international LLP) for the 6th to 9th, 11th and 12th and 22nd and 23rd defendants.
  Marie Demetriou QC (instructed by Clifford Chance LLP) for the 13th to 21st defendants.
  Kelyn Bacon (instructed by Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP) for the 10th defendant.
  Nicholas Khan (Legal Service of the European Commission) for the European Commission by way of written intervention.
Judgment Dates: 4 April 2012

Catchwords

European Union - Competition - Rules on competition - European Commission finding defendant companies entering into cartel regarding provision of heavy electrical equipment used in power grids - Certain defendants obtaining exemption from fines under leniency programme - Claimant seeking damages and applying for disclosure of documents including leniency materials - Claimant issuing pt 18 application seeking further information regarding cartel - Whether appropriate to grant claimant's applications - CPR 18 - Reg 1/2003, art 15(3).

The Case

European Union Competition. The Chancery Division made rulings concerning the disclosure of documents under the Commission's leniency notice of 2002, as well as on questions asked by the claimant in an application made under CPR Pt 18, in connection with a cartel operated by suppliers of heavy electrical equipment.

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