Stop Press: No Ecj Inward O2 Bubbles Case

An application to refer questions to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling has but been refused today past times the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Andrew Morritt, inwards O2 Holdings Ltd together with some other v Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd [2005] EWHC 344 (Ch).

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