CAMRA's OFT appeal hearing postponed
The preliminary hearing into the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) appeal of the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) dismissal of its “super-complaint” has been postponed until 8 February.
CAMRA's Jonathan Mail with a copy of the legal challenge
The hearing, called a case management conference, was scheduled to take place this Friday at the Competition Appeal Tribunal building in Holborn, London.
The time for the rescheduled hearing has not yet been decided.
A spokesman for the Tribunal said it will be used to discuss how the appeal is set to proceed, which could include discussions about a timetable.
Members of the appeal panel are set to be present, along with lawyers from CAMRA and the OFT.
CAMRA’s head of public affairs and policy Jonathan Mail said he expects “early discussions about some of the issues and defining some of the areas of dispute that need to be resolved at the hearing”.
CAMRA has called for the OFT’s decision that the beer tie is fair to consumers to be “quashed and referred back to the OFT”.
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