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Hong Kong judge rejects economic evidence during trial in Taching, Shell diesel cartel case

By Xu Yuan ( August 3, 2021, 08:09 GMT | Insight) -- Meyer Aluminium’s attempt to rely on economic evidence to prove allegations that diesel suppliers Taching Petroleum and Shell Hong Kong had engaged in a price-fixing cartel was rejected today by a Hong Kong court. In a ruling made in the middle of the trial, the judge, who previously gave permission for the use of economic evidence provided it was limited to narrow issues, said she failed to see the relevance of the economic evidence as to whether collusion had occurred. Meyer Aluminium’s attempt to rely on economic evidence to prove allegations that diesel suppliers Taching Petroleum and Shell Hong Kong had engaged in a price-fixing cartel was rejected today by a Hong Kong court....

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