Competition and Markets Authority intervenes in appeal

On 22 August 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) confirmed its intention to intervene in P4U’s appeal. The CMA has the right to make written observations to the Court of Appeal on issues relating to the application of Chapter I or II of Part I of the Competition Act 1998. The CMA may also make oral observations at the hearing with the Court of Appeal’s permission. The appeal has been added to the CMA’s register of cases in which it has intervened, which can be found here.

As anticipated below, the Respondents served their skeleton arguments on 28 June 2024. P4U has subsequently obtained permission to rely on a supplementary skeleton argument, which it served on 23 September 2024. Copies of the Respondents’ skeleton arguments (and P4U’s supplementary skeleton argument, which makes reference to material in those documents) will be made available at the time of the commencement of the public appeal hearing in May 2025.