Ruling (Permission to intervene)
Case(s):
- 1160/1/1/10 (1) Imperial Tobacco Group plc (2) Imperial Tobacco Limited v Office of Fair Trading
- 1161/1/1/10 Co-operative Group Limited v Office of Fair Trading
- 1162/1/1/10 Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC v Office of Fair Trading
- 1163/1/1/10 (1) Safeway Stores Limited and (2) Safeway Limited v Office of Fair Trading
- 1164/1/1/10 (1) Asda Stores Limited (2) Asda Group Limited (3) Wal-Mart Stores (UK) Limited (4) Broadstreet Great Wilson Europe Limited v Office of Fair Trading
- 1165/1/1/10 (1) Shell U.K. Limited (2) Shell U.K. Oil Products Limited (3) Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited v Office of Fair Trading
Neutral citation:
[2010] CAT 24
Published:
30 Sep 2010
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Summary:
Ruling of the Chairman in relation to an application by Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited and J Sainsbury plc (together, “Sainsbury’s”) to intervene in each of the six appeals lodged against the OFT’s Decision of 15 April 2010 (Cases 1160-1165).
For the reasons set out in the Ruling, Sainsbury’s was granted a limited permission to intervene in the appeals in order (i) to protect Sainsbury’s’ position as regards any future application for reimbursement of the costs it may incur during the course of the appeals; and (ii) in respect of any disputes as to the admissibility of documents in which Sainsbury’s claims privilege or confidentiality. The Chairman rejected any wider intervention by Sainsbury’s in the appeals.
This is an unofficial summary prepared by the Registry of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
