The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/1648 |
| Year | 2015 |
Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1648
Competition
The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015
Made
7th September 2015
Laid before Parliament
8th September 2015
Coming into force
1st October 2015
Having consulted in accordance with section 15(1) of the Enterprise Act 2002
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, the Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) to (3) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 4 to, that Act and sections 192(3) and (4) and 193(1), (2)(b) and (3) of the Communications Act 2003
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.
Marginal Citations
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2002 c. 40; section 15 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Enterprise Act 2002 were amended by paragraphs 20 and 22 to 36 of Schedule 8 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15).
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2003 c. 21; section 193 was amended by paragraph 98 of Schedule 6 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24).
Citation and commencement
(1.)
These Rules may be cited as the Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015 and come into force on 1st October 2015.
Interpretation
(2.)
(1)
In these Rules—
“
the 1998 Act
” means the Competition Act 1998
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;
“
the 2002 Act
” means the Enterprise Act 2002;
“
the 2003 Act
” means the Communications Act 2003;
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“
the 2024 Act
” means the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;
“
additional claim
” has the meaning given in rule 39(1);
“
a chairman
” means a person who falls within one of the categories of persons specified in section 12(2)(aa) to (ac) or (b) of the 2002 Act (constitution of the Competition Appeal Tribunal)
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;
“
the chairman
” means the chairman of the Tribunal as constituted for particular proceedings;
“
class representative
” has the meaning given for representative in section 59(1) of the 1998 Act (interpretation)
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or means a representative of a sub-class who is specified in a collective proceedings order;
“
CMA
” means the Competition and Markets Authority;
“
collective proceedings
” means proceedings under section 47B(1) of the 1998 Act (collective proceedings before the Tribunal)
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;
“
collective settlement
” means settlement under section 49A (collective settlements: where a collective proceedings order has been made) or 49B (collective settlements: where a collective proceedings order has not been made) of the 1998 Act
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;
“
collective settlement order
” means an order authorising the settlement representative to act in relation to the collective settlement;
“
confidentiality ring
” means an arrangement set up in accordance with a direction by the Tribunal under which documents are treated as confidential and disclosed only on such terms as the Tribunal thinks fit;
“
costs
” has the meaning given by rule 104;
“
CPR
” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
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;
“
damages
” means any sum of money (other than costs or expenses) which may be awarded in respect of a claim under section 47A (claims for damages etc.) or 47B (collective proceedings) of the 1998 Act
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;
“disclose”, in rules 60 to 65, has the meaning given in rule 60;
“
document
” means anything in which information of any description is recorded, in whatever form; and “
copy
”, in relation to a document, means anything onto which information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever means and whether directly or indirectly;
“
filing
”, in relation to a document, means sending it to the Registrar in accordance with rule 111(1);
“
foreign defendant
” means a defendant domiciled outside the United Kingdom;
“
infringement decision
” has the meaning given by section 47A(6) of the 1998 Act;
“
President
” means the person appointed to be President of the Tribunal;
“
Registrar
” means the person appointed to be Registrar of the Tribunal;
“relevant period”, in rules 47 to 49, has the meaning given in rule 45(1);
“Rule 45 Offer” in rules 45 to 49, has the meaning given in rule 45(1);
“
settlement representative
” means a person who is authorised by a collective settlement order to act in relation to a collective settlement;
“
specified price control matter
” means a price control matter
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specified in rule 116(1);
“
statement of truth
” means a statement that the party putting forward a document, or in the case of a witness statement, the maker of the witness statement, believes the facts stated in the document or witness statement are true;
“
sub-class
” means a member of a distinct class of class members, described in the collective proceedings order or a collective settlement order, as the case may be;
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...
“
Tribunal
” means (a) the Competition Appeal Tribunal or (b) in relation to any proceedings, the tribunal as constituted for the purposes of those proceedings, as the context requires; and
“
undertaking as to damages
” means an undertaking to pay damages which a person sustains as a result of an interim injunction or other interim order and which the Tribunal considers the person in whose favour the injunction or other order is granted should pay.
(2)
These Rules are to be applied by the Tribunal and interpreted in accordance with the governing principles set out in rule 4.
Application of Rules
(3.)
These Rules apply as follows—
(a)
Parts 1 and 6 apply to all proceedings before the Tribunal;
(b)
Part 2 applies to all proceedings before the Tribunal save as otherwise provided in Parts 3, 4, 5
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, 5A
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, 5B
and 7;
(ba)
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rules 67 to 70 of Part 2 also apply to appeals under section 84 of the Football Governance Act 2025;
(c)
Part 3 applies to proceedings for a review or an appeal against penalties under the 2002 Act
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or the 2024 Act
;
(d)
Part 4 applies to claims under section 47A of the 1998 Act and, subject to rule 74, to collective proceedings;
(e)
Part 5 applies to collective proceedings and collective settlements;
(ea)
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Part 5A applies to applications under section 70 of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 for reviews of subsidy decisions (within the meaning of that section);
(eb)
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Part 5B applies to appeals under section 84 of the Football Governance Act 2025 ;
(f)
Part 7 applies to appeals under section 192(2) of the 2003 Act
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relating to price control.
Governing principles
(4.)
(1)
The Tribunal shall seek to ensure that each case is dealt with justly and at proportionate cost.
(2)
Dealing with a case justly and at proportionate cost includes, so far as is practicable—
(a)
ensuring that the parties are on an equal footing;
(b)
saving expense;
(c)
dealing with the case in ways which are proportionate—
(i)
to the amount of money involved;
(ii)
to the importance of the case;
(iii)
to the complexity of the issues; and
(iv)
to the financial position of each party;
(d)
ensuring that it is dealt with expeditiously and fairly;
(e)
allotting to it an appropriate share of the Tribunal's resources, while taking into account the need to allot resources to other cases; and
(f)
enforcing compliance with these Rules, any practice direction issued under rule 115, and any order or direction of the Tribunal.
(3)
Each party's case shall be fully set out in writing as early as possible.
(4)
The Tribunal shall actively manage cases.
(5)
Active case management includes—
(a)
encouraging the parties to co-operate with each other in the conduct of the proceedings;
(b)
identification of and concentration on the main issues as early as possible;
(c)
fixing a target date for the main hearing as early as possible together with a timetable for the proceedings up to the main hearing, taking into account the nature of the case;
(d)
adopting fact-finding procedures...
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