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8.30: Welcome coffee and registration
9.00: Chairs' opening remarks
Nicholas Heaton, Hogan Lovells International, London
Anthony Maton, Hausfeld, London and Brussels
9.15: Keynote address
The Honourable Mr Justice Marcus Smith, High Court, Chancery Division and Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, London
9.50: Economics in action: BritNed and how the court assesses loss
A panel of economists and lawyers will consider how the court has approached the subject of assessing loss in the first cartel damages case to reach a judgment.
11.15: Coffee break
11.45: Mass claims – approaches to the management, coordination and bundling of large numbers of related claims
In the light of recent and future cases such as the interchange fee litigation, Air Cargo and Trucks; an international panel discuss developments in mechanisms for bringing claims;
- The management by the courts and parties of multiple claims arising from a single infringement (e.g. Interchange cases) – what has gone wrong and how can this be made to work both domestically and internationally?
- Different approaches to claims consolidation – class actions, assignment/claims vehicles, and consolidation – what is effective and why?
- Will the trend of claim aggregation continue or will we see more individual claims?
13.00: Networking lunch
14.00: Geographical scope of damages claims revisited
In light of the CJEU judgment in Intel and the Court of Appeal judgment in Illiyma v Schott, are there any practical territorial limits on claims for breach of EU competition law?
14.25: Court of appeal interchange case
Following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Interchange where do matters sit in relation to the hundreds of Interchange claims, and what are the wider consequences of the judgment in relation to important matters such a pass on?
15.55: Coffee break
16.15: Applicable law in light of Deutsche Bahn v MasterCard
Deutsche Bahn v MasterCard was the first decision directly to address the applicable law in relation to A101 infringement damages case. What have we learnt and how might it apply in other cases?
17.15: Closing speech
17.45: Chairs' closing remarks
Nicholas Heaton, Hogan Lovells International, London
Anthony Maton, Hausfeld, London and Brussels
18.00 onwards: All delegates are invited to attend a drinks reception kindly hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright
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