“More than 700 years after the Plantagenet’s death, his floral emblem has become the subject of a struggle as lawyers representing two neighbouring Yorkshire brewers – one large, one small – square up in the High Court to argue their claims over the right to use the symbol in what has been dubbed the civil war of the rose.”
The Independent, 6th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“UK businesses should identify and change behaviour that may be deemed to be anti-competitive, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government has outlined proposals to give a prospective new competition authority powers to resolve consumer complaints.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Pfleiderer AG v Bundeskartellamt (Case C-360/09); [2011] WLR (D) 196
“A person adversely affected by an infringement of European Union competition law was not precluded by the provisions of that law from being granted access to documents relating to the leniency procedure for the purposes of bringing a civil action for damages.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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“The ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms are to face regulatory intervention for anti-competitive behaviour, which would severely curb the industry’s most powerful companies and cost them hundreds of millions in revenue.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A national competition authority, having examined whether there was an abuse of a dominant position pursuant to its own national law and pursuant to article 102FEU of the FEU Treaty (ex article 82EC of the EC Treaty), was not entitled to take a decision stating that there had been no breach of article 102FEU of the FEU Treaty.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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“The House of Lords has recommended that Britain’s competition authorities investigate the world’s ‘Big Four’ auditing firms who failed to warn regulators about banks before the financial crash.”
Daily Telegraph 30th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“National legislation that provided for a fee to be levied on operators of telecommunications services holding individual licences for the use of radio frequencies, but which did not allocate a specific use to the income derived from that fee, and which significantly increased the fee for a particular technology, was not precluded by article 11(2) of Directive 97/13/EC.”
WLR Daily, 10th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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“Controversial Government reforms will spell the end of the NHS as it stands, academics warn, as the Health Secretary was forced to reassure MPs that hospitals and doctors would not face accusations of running cartels.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Regulator Ofgem has told energy firms they must offer simpler tariffs to help consumers compare prices.”
BBC News, 21st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The reforms of competition law proposed by the Government today could lead to more people being convicted of the criminal cartel offence, according to one expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th March 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Competition lawyers have offered a lukewarm response to Government proposals to streamline and improve the UK’s competition regime.”
The Lawyer, 16th March 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Investors and consumers will be given greater protection by new financial watchdogs which will have the power to ban retail products and reveal pending enforcement actions against banks and brokers.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said today he expects his decision on whether to allow the proposed takeover of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to be judicially challenged whatever decision he comes to.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Competition law and consumer watchdog the Office of Fair Trading has welcomed a legal reform proposal that would reduce its reliance on criminal law but has said that proposal should be less rigid to allow it to protect consumers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th Novmber 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“There was no power under the Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2003 to extend time for bringing proceedings for follow-on damages under the Competition Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Drug company stopped NHS doctors prescribing cheaper alternatives to its heartburn medicine Gaviscon.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to be merged with the Competition Commission (CC) in a Government bid to ‘increase the clarity’ of competition law enforcement.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A vigilante resident who was sued after firing a catapult at local troublemakers has been vindicated by a judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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