The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 200
Court of Appeal
OT Computers Ltd (in liquidation) v Infineon Technologies AG and another
[2021] EWCA Civ 501
Peter Jackson, Coulson, Males LJJ
2021 March 24, 25;
April 14
April 14
Limitation of action— Postponement of limitation period— Deliberate concealment of relevant fact— Claimant claiming damages as victim of defendant’s operation and deliberate concealment of unlawful price-fixing cartel— Claimant contending that running of limitation postponed until concealment discovered or discoverable with reasonable diligence— Claimant insolvent when information about concealment first emerged— Whether claim time-barred— Whether claimant’s insolvency relevant to whether it “could with reasonable diligence have discovered” concealment—
Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 32(1)