Matter
Arthur Aldcroft v The International Cotton Association Limited (High Court of Justice, Commercial Court CL-2015-000814)
- 30 March 2017United Kingdom
30 March 2017United Kingdom
Judgment of the High Court of Justice, Commercial Court in the case CL-2015-000814 dated 30 March 2017
High Court of Justice, Commercial Court
- Citation
- [2017] EWHC 642 (Comm)
- Decision summary
- The court dismissed Arthur Aldcroft’s claim for declarations and injunctions challenging the International Cotton Association’s 3 and 8 rule as an unreasonable restraint of trade. It held that the rule was not subject to the restraint of trade doctrine, and that, in any event, its limits on repeat appointments and active first-tier arbitrations pursued legitimate ICA objectives and fell within the range of options reasonably open to the Association.
Supporting details
4 authorities · 16 participantsArthur Aldcroft
- Representative
- Dermot Woolgar (For: Arthur Aldcroft)
- Representative
- Stitt & Co. (For: Arthur Aldcroft)
The International Cotton Association Limited
- Representative
- Simon Croall QC (For: The International Cotton Association Limited)
- Representative
- Greg Plunkett (For: The International Cotton Association Limited)
- Representative
- Hill Dickinson LLP (For: The International Cotton Association Limited)
High Court of Justice, Commercial Court
- Judge
- David Foxton QC
Other
- Witness
- Helen Anderson
- Witness
- Ann Adlington
- Witness
- Kai Hughes
- Witness
- Terry Townsend
- Witness
- Jamie Welsh
- Witness
- Mohit Shah
- Witness
- Dhirn Sheth
- Witness
- Yahya Saleem