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Gallaher, Somerfield tell UK top court that refusal to refund cartel fine was 'unfair'

By Lewis Crofts ( March 14, 2018, 15:02 GMT | Insight) -- Gallaher and Somerfield today accused the UK’s antitrust authority of being “grossly unfair” in refusing to reimburse millions of pounds they paid in cartel fines, even though the regulator reimbursed another company by mistake. The tobacco company and grocery chain are battling in the UK’s Supreme Court to recover their share of penalties imposed on them and several competitors in 2010 for manipulating the prices shoppers paid for cigarettes.Gallaher and Somerfield today accused the UK’s antitrust authority of being “grossly unfair” in refusing to reimburse millions of pounds they paid in cartel fines, even though the regulator reimbursed another company by mistake....

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