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JJB agrees to pay damages for football shirt price-fixing

10 January 2008

JJB Sports has settled the claim brought by Which? on behalf of consumers overcharged by a football shirt price-fixing cartel.

Along with several other companies, JJB Sports had already been fined by the OFT for its part in the cartel.  It has now agreed to pay between £5 and £20 to any consumer who paid over the odds for a football shirt because of the cartel’s activities.

Which? had started a claim at the Competition Appeal Tribunal using powers brought in by the Enterprise Act 2002.  These powers, which have never been used in court, allow certain bodies to make representative claims on behalf of groups of consumers who have lost out because of anti-competitive behaviour.

Which? legal representative, Deborah Prince, said: "The agreement reached with JJB Sports is a good deal for the hundreds of consumers who purchased football shirts and joined our case against JJB.”

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