Mobile phone claim which could net users over £100 is approved

A £1.1 billion ‘loyalty penalty’ claim against the country’s largest mobile phone operators has been approved by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The companies used their market dominance to overcharge on up to 10.9 million UK mobile phone contracts, it is claimed. The class action is the first to target the major network operators – Vodafone, EE/BT, Three, and O2 for the practice of charging existing customers more than new subcribers for the same services. Consumer rights champion Justin Gutmann now…