“A gross discourtesy”: Another Viagogo parliamentary no-show

In an "eleventh-hour withdrawal", Viagogo's Cristopher Miller will not appear at the latest DCMS Committee hearing, as his presence could "jeopardise" legal proceedings

News By IQ | 5 September 2018

StubHub's Wayne Grierson sits next to an empty seat reserved for Cristopher Miller © UK Parliament

Controversial secondary ticketing platform Viagogo is to again snub a UK parliament committee, over concerns it would not be protected by parliamentary privilege and could jeopardise its legal defence against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Writing this morning to Damian Collins MP, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee, Viagogo’s Prabhat Shah said the company was unable to obtain assurances its attendance would not “jeopardise our position with respect to the ongoing legal proceedings which the CMA has…

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