Ruling of the Tribunal in connection with an application made by Altenar Technologies Limited (Altenar) pursuant to §9.66 of the Tribunal's Guide to Proceedings 2015 that Sportradar AG and Sportradar UK Limited (together, Sportradar) provide non‑confidential versions of Sportradar’s claim form, defence, reply, skeleton argument, and the second witness statement of Mr Lampitt, provided on behalf of Sportradar (together, the Requested Documents). Each of the Requested Documents was put before the Tribunal and referred to in open court in the trial which commenced on 4 October 2022 in the proceedings. In one of the three proceedings at issue, namely Case 1342/5/7/20, the same claim form Altenar seeks was referred to in open court at a hearing on 6 November 2020 concerning an application to transfer those proceedings to the High Court.
The Tribunal ordered that Sportradar provide non-confidential versions of its pleadings and skeleton argument. The Tribunal held that these documents are central to understanding what was before the Tribunal at trial, the issues in play, the parties’ positions on those issues, and to follow what happened at trial. As regards the second witness statement of Mr Lampitt, the Tribunal was not satisfied that open justice requires that it be produced. The reference to the witness statement was limited and the witness was never called as the case settled.
