Milbank LLP Litigation and Arbitration special counsel, Emma Hogwood, and senior associate, Vasiliki Katsarou, have authored an article for ThoughtLeaders4 Competition Magazine (Issue 10), which examines the Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision to dismiss the appeal brought by Phones 4u in its longstanding dispute with three of the UK’s mobile network operators, EE Limited, Vodafone Limited and Telefonica UK Ltd (O2). The judgment provides important clarification in the UK on the law on concerted practices and the proper approach to the consideration of passive responses to potentially anticompetitive conduct.
October 14, 2025