Appeal bid against MyFerryLink refused
The Court of Appeal has quashed a Competition and Markets Authority order banning MyFerryLink from operating out of Dover and refused it leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
MyFerryLink, which was set up by Eurotunnel following its acquisition of three ferries from SeaFrance in 2012, won an appeal in May against a CMA ruling banning it from operating between Dover and Calais.
And the appeal court has now rejected the applications for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court that had been filed by CMA and ferry operator, DFDS.
It is not known whether a direct appeal will be made.
MyFerryLink’s Raphael Doutrebente and Jean-Michel Giguet said that they welcomed the decision which ‘categorically quashes the report of the CMA and the order which the CMA had made, attempting to prevent the business from operating out of the Port of Dover’.
They said: "This is very welcome news for our customers and our staff."
"Given the Court of Appeal has also refused permission to appeal, we call on the CMA now to accept the judgement and cease the uncertainty that has hung over the Channel for the past three years.
"In stark contrast to all of the CMA’s predictions, the market continues to grow strongly in 2015."
The legal battle has been on-going since the CMA said it believed Eurotunnel’s acquisition of three ferries formerly belonging to SeaFrance could have broken merger-control rules designed to protect against monopolies in 2014.
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