Which? v Qualcomm: Smartphone legal case documents

Tribunal documents

Order (CMC6 Timetable) – 12 November 2024
Order of the Chair (Extension of Time) – 8 November 2024
Order of the Chair (Disclosure) – 11 September 2024
Order of the Chair (Extension) – 20 August 2024
Order of the Chair (CMC5) – 9 August 2024
Transcript of CMC (Day 2) – 30 July 2024
Transcript of CMC (Day 1) – 29 July 2024
Order of the Chair (Amending CMC4 Order) – 16 July 2024
Order of the Chair (Expert Topics and Rate Setting) – 26 June 2024
Transcript of Hearing (Expert Topics and Rate Setting) – 21 June 2024
Order of the Chair (CMC3)(Disclosure) – 28 March 2024
Order of the Chair (Custodian Application) – 11 March 2024
Order of the Chair (CRO Application) – 8 March 2024
Order of the Chair (Amending Disclosure Order) – 1 March 2024
CPO Variation Notice – 30 January 2024
CPO Variation Order – 30 January 2024
Order of the Chair (CMC4 Directions) – 29 January 2024
Transcript of CMC (Day 1) – 9 January 2024
Transcript of CMC (Day 2) – 10 January 2024
Order of the Chair (Amending Disclosure Order) – 17 November 2023
Reasoned Order of the Tribunal (Permission to Appeal) – 20 October 2023
Order of the Chair (Permission to Appeal) – 20 October 2023
Reasoned Order of the Chair – 3 October 2023
Ruling (Pleading Amendments) – 31 July 2023
Judgment on Which?’s pleading amendments following 5 July CMC – 31 July 2023
Order of the Chair (Further Directions) – 25 July 2023
Order of the Chair (Disclosure) – 25 July 2023
Transcript of CMC – 5 July 2023
Order of the Chair – 22 June 2023
Order of the Chair – 22 June 2023
Order of the Chair – 20 June 2023
Order of the Chair – 10 May 2023
Variation Order – 6 April 2023
Order of the Chair – 16 March 2023
Variation Order – 8 March 2023
Order of the Chair – 7 March 2023
Variation Order – 7 March 2023
Variation Order – 24 February 2023
Variation Order – 17 February 2023
Application for Reply Wording Strike Out – 17 February 2023
CMC Case Management Directions Order – 19 January 2023
Application for Disclosure Tribunal Ruling – 13 January 2023
Order of the Chair (Amending Confidentiality Ring Order) – 3 October 2022
CPO Notice - 21 July 2022
Variation Order – 21 July 2022
Collective Proceedings Order – 4 July 2022
Order of the Chair (Directions) – 4 July 2022
Order of the Chair (Costs) – 4 July 2022
Judgment on CPO Application - 17 May 2022
Transcript of CPO Application (Day 3) – 1 April 2022
Transcript of CPO Application (Day 2) – 31 March 2022
Transcript of CPO Application (Day 1) – 30 March 2022
Order of the Chairwoman – 14 February 2022
Amended CPO Application Notice – 10 January 2022
Order of the Chairwoman – 5 January 2022
Order of the Chairwoman – 9 December 2021
Order of the Chairwoman – 6 December 2021
CPO Application Notice – 11 November 2021
Order of the Chairwoman – 9 November 2021
Transcript of first CMC – 9 November 2021
Order of the Chairwoman – 3 November 2021
Order of the Chairwoman – 30 April 2021
Tribunal Summary of the Collective Proceedings – 18 March 2021
Order of the President – 15 March 2021

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Press releases

Which Press Release - 22 July 2022

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Which Press Release - 18 May 2022

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Which Press Release - 25 February 2021

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Which Press Release - 5 November 2021

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1. Choose your smartphone manufacturer

2. Choose your smartphone model

3. Is your smartphone 4G or 5G?

4G 5G

4. Did you purchase your smartphone new?

Yes No

5. Did you purchase your smartphone between 1 October 2015 and 9 January 2024?

Yes No

6. Did you purchase your smartphone in the UK, or was it delivered to an address in the UK?

Yes No

7. Did you buy your smartphone for your (or, if a gift, another person’s) personal use rather than for your business, trade or profession?

Yes No

8. Do you fall within the list of excluded persons or are you a personal representative of a consumer who died on or before 18 February 2021 and who purchased a smartphone prior to 24 December 2015?

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Excluded Persons:

The following categories of persons shall be excluded from the Class:

officers, directors, employees of the Consumers’ Association and its subsidiary, Which? Limited, and trustees of the Consumers’ Association and connected persons thereto;
officers, directors or employees of Qualcomm Incorporated, its subsidiaries and any entity in which it has a controlling interest;
all members of the Consumers’ Association’s and Qualcomm Incorporated’s respective legal teams and all experts and professional advisors instructed and retained by them and all funders or insurers involved, in connection with the Collective Proceedings;
all members and staff of the Tribunal assigned to these Collective Proceedings; and
any judge involved in any appeal in the present Collective Proceedings (whether in respect of the grant of permission to appeal or the hearing of any substantive appeal).

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