Deutsche Bahn AG & Ors v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc [2013] CAT 23 (24 September 2013) [2013] CAT 23

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Deutsche Bahn AG & Ors v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc [2013] CAT 23 (24 September 2013)

[2013] CAT 23 · 2013-09-24

[1]Case No: 1173/5/7/10 Neutral Citation:

[2013] CAT 23

IN THE COMPETITION APPEAL TRIBUNAL Date: 24 September 2013 Before: Marcus Smith QC Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal BETWEEN: 1) DEUTSCHE BAHN AG 2) DB NETZ AG 3) DB ENERGIE GMBH 4) DB REGIO AG 5) S-BAHN BERLIN GMBH 6) S-BAHN HAMBURG GMBH 7) DB REGIO NRW GMBH 8) DB KOMMUNIKATIONSTECHNIK GMBH 9) DB SCHENKER RAIL DEUTSCHLAND AG 10) DB BAHNBAU GRUPPE GMBH 11) DB FAHRZEUGINSTANDHALTUNG GMBH 12) DB FERNVERKEHR AG 13) DB SCHENKER RAIL (UK) LTD 14) LOADHAUL LIMITED 15) MAINLINE FREIGHT LIMITED 16) RAIL EXPRESS SYSTEMS LIMITED 17) ENGLISH WELSH & SCOTTISH RAILWAY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 18) EMEF - EMPRESA DE MANUTENÇÃO DE EQUIPAMENTO FERROVIÁRIO SA 19) CP - COMBOIOS DE PORTUGAL E.P.E. 20) METRO DE MADRID, S.A. 21) ANGEL TRAINS LIMITED 2122) NV NEDERLANDSE SPOORWEGEN 2223) NEDTRAIN B.V. 2324) NEDTRAIN EMATECH B.V. 2425) NS REIZIGERS B.V. 2526) DB SCHENKER RAIL NEDERLAND N.V. 2627) TRENITALIA, S.P.A. 2728) RETE FERROVIARIA ITALIANA, S.P.A. 2829) NORGES STATSBANER AS 2930) EUROMAINT RAIL AB 3031) GÖTEBORGS SPÅRVÄGAR AB Claimants -v- 1) MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS PLC (formerly MORGAN CRUCIBLE COMPANY PLC) 2) SCHUNK GMBH 3) SCHUNK KOHLENSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH 4) SGL CARBON SE (formerly SGL CARBON AG) 5) MERSEN SA (formerly LE CARBONE-LORRAINE SA) 6) HOFFMANN & CO ELEKTROKOHLE AG Defendants ORDER OF THE CHAIRMAN (PERMISSION TO RE-AMEND) UPON the Tribunal handing down its Ruling of 15 August 2013 (

[2013] CAT 18

, the "Ruling"), which lifted the stay over the claims brought by the 13 th -17 th Claimants (the "UK Claimants") against the 2 nd -6 th Defendants AND UPON the Chairman of the Tribunal making an Order dated 29 August 2013 (

[2013] CAT 20

, the "UK Claims Order") giving certain case management directions in relation to the UK Claimants' claims AND UPON the Claimants filing and serving a draft Re-amended Claim Form, together with an application for permission to re-amend the Claim Form on 20 September 2013, in accordance with paragraph 3(b) of the UK Claims Order AND UPON the First Defendant indicating that, without prejudice to the stay of proceedings against it pending the judgment of the Supreme Court, it had no comments on the proposed amendments contained in the draft Re-amended Claim Form AND UPON the Second to Fourth and the Sixth Defendants consenting to the proposed amendments contained in the draft Re-amended Claim Form on the basis that such consent does not amount to a submission to the jurisdiction or entering an appearance for the purposes of Article 24 of Regulation (EC) 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters AND CONSIDERING that the Fifth Defendant has declined to either provide comments on, or consent to, the draft Re-amended Claim Form, notwithstanding the terms of the UK Claims Order AND HAVING REGARD TO rule 34 of the Tribunal Rules 2003 (S.I. 1372/2003) IT IS ORDERED THAT: The Claimants be granted permission to re-amend the Claim Form in the form of the draft Re-amended Claim Form filed and served on 20 September 2013

[2]The Claimants:a. file one original and ten copies of each of the Re-amended Claim Form and the version of the Re-amended Claim Form with those sections relevant to the UK Claimants' claims highlighted; and

b. serve one copy of each of the documents referred to in subparagraph a. above on each of the Defendants, by not later than 4pm on 27 September 2013

[3]There be liberty to apply REASONS Marcus Smith QC Made: 24 September 2013 Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal Drawn: 24 September 2013