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UK court refuses permission to appeal in BT 'overcharging' lawsuit
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
The UK Court of Appeal rejected an appeal in a £1.3 billion lawsuit against BT for overcharging customers, affecting 3.7 million people.
LONDON (Reuters) -A bid to revive a 1.3 billion-pound ($1.71 billion) lawsuit against BT alleging the British telecoms company had overcharged millions of customers for fixed telephone lines was on Friday rejected by London's Court of Appeal.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled in favour of BT in December on a case which accused the former telecoms monopoly of excessively increasing prices.
Justin Le Patourel, who led the lawsuit on behalf of around 3.7 million BT customers, asked the Court of Appeal to grant permission to challenge that decision but his application was dismissed.
($1 = 0.7598 pounds)
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; Editing by Catarina Demony)
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) is a specialized court in the UK that hears appeals related to competition law and regulatory decisions, including cases involving alleged anti-competitive practices.
A fixed telephone line is a traditional landline service that connects a telephone to the public switched telephone network (PSTN), allowing for voice communication.
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