Overview

In a landmark court ruling on 26 January 2010, a judge has ruled in favour of BSkyB in its bitterly contested £710 million legal battle with EDS. Mr Justice Ramsey found that EDS had fraudulently misrepresented to BSkyB what it could deliver, and when, in the procurement of a new customer relationship management system for BSkyB.

The judgment will cause reverberations in the IT industry. In establishing fraudulent misrepresentation, BSkyB blew a hole through the £30 million liability cap in its contract with EDS. Its precise damages figure will be assessed by the court in February 2010. Preliminary indications, however, are that it will comfortably exceed £200 million.

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