1111/3/3/09 The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc v Office of Communications (Local Loop Unbundling)

The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc v Office of Communications (Local Loop Unbundling)

Case number:

1111/3/3/09 Registered: 22/7/2009

Tribunal:

Status:

Summary of appeal published on 27 July 2009. By an Order dated 18 August 2009 Sky and BT were granted permission to intervene. A case management conference took place on 25 September 2009 at which the Tribunal gave a ruling on the future course of the proceedings.

A hearing took place on 2 November 2009 at which Carphone Warehouse was granted permission to amend its notice of appeal. The Tribunal’s ruling in relation to the application to amend the notice of appeal was handed down on 23 November 2009. A case management conference to consider the formulation of the questions to be referred to the Competition Commission took place on 27 November 2009 at which the Tribunal made an Order referring to the Competition Commission the specified price control matters raised in the appeal (see the Tribunal’s Order of 18 February 2010 extending the period for the determination of that reference). A further hearing took place on 16 December 2009 to hear an application by Carphone Warehouse for disclosure of certain information to one of its executives. In its ruling handed down on 29 December 2009, the Tribunal unanimously dismissed the application for disclosure.

A hearing of the non price control matters has been listed for 25 March 2010 with a time estimate of 2 days, with a day in reserve.

Diary events for this case:

  • 25 Sep 2009 | 10.30 am - Case Management Conference
  • 2 Nov 2009 | 10.30am - Hearing
  • 23 Nov 2009 | 2pm - Hearing
  • 27 Nov 2009 | 10.30am - Case management conference
  • 16 Dec 2009 | 10.30am - Hearing
  • 29 Dec 2009 | 10am - Handing down (ruling on application for disclosure)
  • 25 Mar 2010 | 10.30am - Hearing

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