Brittany Ferries ordered to pay DFDS legal fees

A white ferry with blue tipped chimneys with the words Brittany Ferries on the side arriving in St Peter Port Harbour.
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Jersey's government chose DFDS to run its ferry service in December 2024

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Brittany Ferries has been ordered to pay the legal fees of rival firm DFDS and the minister responsible for Jersey's ferry links after its appeal against a tender decision was denied.

The French company argued there had been bias in the way the tender process had been carried out and called for a judicial review, which was denied by the Court of Appeal.

The court's president Sir William Bailhache ruled on 1 April the company had acted too late and lost the appeal '"convincingly".

He ordered, external Brittany Ferries to pay £40,000 to DFDS within the next 28 days as well as undisclosed court fees of Minister for Sustainable Economic Development Kirsten Morel.

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