Law firm included “offensive personal attack” on judge in evidence

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has conditionally allowed a £289 million to £306 million collective action against Apple and Amazon to proceed, while rejecting a broader claim and ordering proposed class representative Justin Le Patourel to reduce his fees, warning that excessive remuneration could misalign his interests with those of claimants, and separately criticising Hausfeld for submitting evidence containing an offensive personal attack on the tribunal’s president, Mrs Justice Bacon.

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