Rowntree (Appellant) v Performing Right Society Limited and Another (Respondents)
Thursday 11 June 2026
By Appellant’s Notice submitted on 5 November 2025 the Appellant appeals a decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, dated 27 August 2025, which struck out and summarily dismissed a Costs Capping Order (CPO) Application, and refused certification.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal refused to certify proposed collective proceedings brought by the Appellant against the Performing Right Society (PRS) and PRS for Music. The claim alleged that PRS’s policy of distributing “black box” royalties, unmatched royalties resulting from incomplete or inaccurate data, on a pro rata basis between writers and publishers was unfair and amounted to an abuse of dominance.
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