Specialists in providing expert economic evidence in antitrust, competition damages and collective actions
A decade has passed since the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 created the opt-out class action for competition cases. These were intended to give consumers greater access to justice and to deter firms from engaging in anti-competitive conduct. This Casenote looks at the evidence on whether they have achieved these objectives without unnecessarily burdening industry in what has become a highly polarised debate about their future.
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”.