The claims which it is proposed to combine in these proposed collective proceedings are “follow-on” claims for damages under section 47A of the Competition Act 1998. They are claims for damages allegedly caused by Scania’s breach of statutory duty in infringing Article 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 53 of the European Economic Area Agreement, and follow on from an infringement Decision of the European Commission dated 27 September 2017, which was upheld by the General Court of the European Union in Case T-799/17 on 2 February 2022, and further upheld by the Court of Justice of the EU in Case C-251/22 P on 1 February 2024.
An ex parte hearing took place on 17 July 2026. At the hearing the Tribunal gave its judgment ([2026] CAT 59) in relation to the applications made by JLP/HCCL to: (i) amend the collective proceedings claim form (CPCF) in the JLP proceedings; (ii) to serve the amended JLP CPCF on the Proposed Defendants outside the jurisdiction; and (iii) to stay the HCCL proceedings.
