Imperial Tobacco Group plc and others v Office of Fair Trading

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed the appeals against the OFT’s decision that tobacco retailers and manufacturers had engaged in anti-competitive practices. The appeals were allowed, and the decision quashed, part way through the hearing following the OFT’s application to rely on a “refined case”.
Pushpinder Saini QC and Tristan Jones represented Morrisons and Safeway. Dinah Rose QC and Brian Kennelly represented Shell.