1291/5/7/18 (T) Ryder Limited and Another v MAN SE and Others

Claim for damages for breach of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (and/or its earlier equivalents) and/or Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 by (1) Ryder Limited; and (2) Hill Hire Limited (together, the “Claimants”) against (1) MAN SE; (2) MAN Truck & Bus AG; (3) MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH; (4) Man Truck and Bus UK Limited; (5) AB Volvo (Publ); (6) Volvo Lastvagnar AB; (7) Volvo Group Trucks Central Europe GmbH; (8) Volvo Group UK Limited; (9) Renault Trucks SAS; (10) Daimler AG; (11) Mercedes Benz Cars UK Limited; (12) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.; (13) CNH Industrial N.V.; (14) Iveco S.p.A.; (15) Iveco Magirus AG; (16) Iveco Limited; (17) PACCAR Inc; (18) DAF Trucks N.V.; (19) DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH; and (20) DAF Trucks Limited. The Claimants rely on a decision of the European Commission of 19 July 2016 (Case AT.39824 – Trucks) which was addressed to fifteen of the twenty Defendants. 

The issues in the proceedings were transferred from the High Court to the Tribunal by consent by order of Mr Justice Roth dated 26 July 2018.