Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Alcoa Fjarðaál's Claim Against Samskip

The Icelandic Court of Appeal has upheld the ruling of the Reykjavík District Court dismissing a damages claim brought by Alcoa Fjarðaál hf. against Samskip hf. and Eimskipafélag Íslands hf.

The claim was based on the findings of the Icelandic Competition Authority in Decision No. 33/2023. However, the Competition Appeals Committee had previously annulled the part of the decision relating to the conduct on which Alcoa's claim was founded. The Court of Appeal found that the conditions for proceeding with the case in the form in which it had been brought were not met and therefore upheld its dismissal.

Mörkin Law Firm represented Samskip hf. in the proceedings. The case was handled by Hörður Felix Harðarson and Peter Dalmay.