On 16 October 2026, the Tribunal received an application to commence collective proceedings under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 from BIRA Trading Limited (the “PCR”) against: (1) Alphabet Inc.; (2) Google LLC; (3) Google Ireland Limited; and (4) Google UK Limited (the "Proposed Defendants").
The claims are for loss and damage allegedly caused by Google's breach of statutory duty by its infringement of section 18 of the Competition Act 1998, Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 54 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The PCR seeks to recover damages to compensate a proposed class of advertisers who purchased open web display advertising from the Proposed Defendants during the relevant period.
A summary of the proposed claim will be published on this page in due course.
