1596/5/7/23 Whitewater Capital Limited v Google LLC and Alphabet Inc.

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Claim for damages under section 47A of the Competition Act 1998 by Whitewater Capital Limited against Google LLC and Alphabet Inc.

At a case management conference held on 26 March 2024, it was ordered that the proceedings should be subject to joint case management with Infederation Ltd v Google Inc and Others (Case 1589/5/7/23(T)), Skimbit Limited & Others v Google UK Limited & Others (Case 1636/5/7/24) and Kelkoo.com (UK) Limited & Others v Google UK Limited & Others (Case 1424/5/7/21(T)) (the "Google Shopping Proceedings"). It was ordered that the issues arising in the proceedings would be determined by way of split trial. 

A case management conference was held on 18 and 19 November 2024.

A Preliminary Issue Trial was held on 17-19 March 2025. The Tribunal handed down Judgment on 9 July 2025 ([2025] CAT 39) setting out which recitals of the European Commission decision are binding on the Tribunal, and their meaning. After considered the parties’ costs applications and written submissions on costs, the Tribunal delivered a Ruling on the costs of the Preliminary Issue Trial on 26 March 2026 ([2026] CAT 28).

A case management conference was held on 17 and 18 July 2025 to consider various disclosure issues.

A case management conference was held on 13 January 2026 to consider the scope of the first trial in these Proceedings. A Ruling was delivered on the same day ([2026] CAT 3).

On 18 May 2026 the Tribunal instructed Professor Iadh Ounis to act as an independent expert in the field of data science for the First Trial in the Google Shopping Proceedings, in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Order of the Chair dated 20 December 2024 concerning appointment of an expert in the field of data science.

A pre-trial review hearing was held on 21 May 2026.

The First Trial in the Google Shopping Proceedings commence on 22 June 2026 and concluded on 29 July 2026. Judgment is forthcoming.

An additional hearing was held on 11 September 2026 to address issues arising out of the European Commission’s Implementing Decision of 23 July 2026 in relation to Case DMA.100193 – Alphabet – Online Search Engine – Google Search – Article 6(5) (the “DMA Non-Compliance Decision”).

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