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Walter Hugh Merricks CBE v Mastercard Inc

[2021] CAT 28
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCompetition Appeal Tribunal
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Summary

CAT certified opt-out collective proceedings against Mastercard, addressing aggregate damages methodology, distribution plans, and pass-on analysis in competition class actions.

Key Principle

Opt-out collective proceedings; Competition Appeal Tribunal; aggregate damages methodology; distribution plan; pass-on analysis

Area of Law

class-action

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