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Mass claim against Royal Mail needs better evidence prep for trial, UK judge says

By Simon Zekaria ( September 23, 2025, 16:08 GMT | Insight) -- The owner of UK postal operator Royal Mail and the class-action litigants suing it over allegations of anticompetitive behavior in the bulk-mail market have been told to put more work into their evidence preparation. At the UK's antitrust court, Judge Hodge Malek told the litigants that their experts hired to give evidence need to “engage” with each other. The claim is working its way to trial after being approved as suitable earlier this year.The owner of UK postal operator Royal Mail and the class-action litigants suing it over allegations of anticompetitive behavior in the bulk-mail market have been told to put more work into their evidence preparation.     ...

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