Deliberate Concealment in Cartel Claims

Ruchit Patel, Romano Subiotto, May 28, 2010

This paper examines the application of the deliberate concealment doctrine (as contained in the UK Limitation Act 1980) to damages claims based on alleged cartel activity (“cartel claims”) brought in the English High Court.  The nature and scope of the cartel claims that have been brought to date indicate that the issue of whether, and to what extent, a claimant’s action is brought “in time” raises novel, interesting, and