Second Bite Of The Apple: CAT Partially Approves Certification Of Failed Riefa Claim

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved part of a collective proceedings originally brought by Professor Riefa against Apple and Amazon, which has now been revived by Mr Le Patourel.

Background 

As we reported in our earlier article, when this claim first came before the Tribunal (the Riefa Claim), the Tribunal refused to grant a collective proceedings order (CPO) on the grounds that the authorisation condition was not met (in particular that the PCR had not “demonstrated sufficient independence or robustness so as to act fairly and adequately in the interests of the class”). At that time, Professor Riefa was the sole director of the SPV which was acting as the proposed class representative (PCR).