The Business Law Reports
[2025] Bus LR 2923
Competition Appeal Tribunal
Gutmann
v
First MTR South Western Trains Ltd
Gutmann v London & South Eastern Railway Ltd and others
Gutmann v Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd and others
[2025] CAT 64
2024 June 18, 19, 20, 28; July 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12; 2025 Oct 17
Sir Peter Roth, Simon Holmes, Robin Mason
Competition— Abuse of dominant position— Exploitative abuse— Class representative alleging train companies abusing dominant position by not making cheapest form of ticket sufficiently available and/or using best endeavours to make customers aware of it— Whether contravention of law on unfair commercial practices relevant to issue of abuse of dominant position— Whether duty to assist customers to pay lowest price or buy optimal product— Whether train companies’ conduct constituting abuse—
Competition Act 1998 (c 41), s 18