Overview
Alice has been involved in some of key competition litigation cases before the CAT and High Court in recent years, including large-scale and class actions.
Work Highlights
Her experience highlights include acting for:
- Sucocitríco Cutrale LTDA and two of its officers: advising in their defence against a claim brought in the High Court by a large number of orange producers concerning alleged collusion in Brazil, including a high-profile jurisdiction challenge and subsequent challenges to the propriety of the claims.
- Three: acting for the mobile network operator, in its defence of a collective action brought before the Competition Appeal Tribunal by a class representative alleging that Three abused its dominant position by over-charging certain customers who entered into combined contracts for handsets and airtime services, including advising in relation to parallel proceedings brought against other mobile network operators.
- Microsoft: acting in its defence of a collective action brought before the Competition Appeal Tribunal by a class representative alleging that Microsoft abused its dominant position via certain of its cloud licencing terms.
- Visa: advising in relation to “standalone” proceedings brought by a global ATM operator alleging that rules relating to ATM fees were set in breach of Article 101 TFEU (and various domestic equivalent) in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
- Porsche: acting in relation to the competition aspects of several group actions brought in the High Court relating alleged collusion in the market for emissions technology.
- A leading facilities management and professional services company: representing a company during a dawn raid conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority into a suspected breach of the Competition Act 1998.
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