UK court refuses permission to appeal in BT ‘overcharging’ lawsuit

LONDON: A bid to revive a 1.3 billion-pound ($1.7 billion) lawsuit against BT alleging the British telecoms company had overcharged millions of customers for fixed telephone lines was on Friday rejected by London’s Court of Appeal.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled in favour of BT in December on a case which accused the former telecoms monopoly of excessively increasing prices.