The WLR Daily case summaries
[2018] WLR (D) 447
Court of Appeal
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v MasterCard Inc and others (European Commission intervening)
Asda Stores Ltd and others v MasterCard Inc and others (European Commission intervening)
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Visa Europe Services llc and others (European Commission intervening)
[2018] EWCA Civ 1536
2018 April 16–20, 23–27;
July 2; 4
July 2; 4
Sir Terence Etherton MR, Sir Geoffrey Vos C, Flaux LJ
Competition— Restriction or distortion of competition— Anti-competitive agreement— Credit and debit card companies charging default multilateral interchange fees to merchants accepting credit card payments from customers— Whether rules of card payment schemes setting default multilateral interchange fees restricted competition— Whether exemption available—
FEU Treaty
, art 101(1)(3)FEU