OT Computers Ltd v Infineon Technologies AG

Subject Matter

LIMITATION OF ACTION — Period of limitation — Postponement of limitation period

[2020] EWHC 415 (Comm), QBD

LIMITATION OF ACTION — Postponement of limitation period — Concealment — Claimant claiming damages as victim of defendant’s unlawful price-fixing cartel — Claimant contending that running of limitation period postponed until concealment of cartel discovered or discoverable with reasonable diligence — Claimant in administration when public information about cartel first emerging — Whether claimant being in administration relevant to whether it “could with reasonable diligence have discovered” concealment — Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 32(1)

[2021] EWCA Civ 501; [2021] QB 1183; [2021] 3 WLR 61; [2021] 4 All ER 1095; [2021] WLR(D) 200, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Fraud, Concealment and Mistake - Mistake 10.58