1294/5/7/18 (T) Wolseley UK Limited and Others v Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and Others

Claim for damages for breach of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by companies within the Wolseley, Brakes, C.M. Downton, Dairy Crest, METRO and NWF Groups (the “Claimants”) against (1) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (the “First Defendant”); (2) CNH Industrial N.V. (the “Second Defendant”); (3) DAF Trucks N.V. (the “Third Defendant”); and (4) 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 (amongst others) the First, Second and Third 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.