Quantum Mechanics: The Evolving Role of Economic Evidence in UK Competition Disputes

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The growth of collective competition litigation has transformed the role of economics within the UK disputes landscape. Economic evidence is now rarely confined to quantifying damages once legal issues have largely been established. Increasingly, it shapes decisions from the very outset of a case: whether a claim is viable, whether it can be certified, how liability is frames, how damages are assessed and, ultimately, whether a case succeeds.

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This annual half-day conference in London centered on this report from Cornerstone Research, ‘Quantum Mechanics: The Evolving Role of Economic Evidence in UK Competition Disputes.’ The report draws on interviews with senior competition litigators in London acting for claimants and defendants and considers the implications of the Practice Direction for how economic evidence is deployed and scrutinised.