“Tesco has won an appeal against a proposal from competition watchdogs which could have severely restricted the number of new stores it can open.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the PC software market by including its browser software with every Windows operating system it sells, the European Commission has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and Another v Office of Communications
Court of Appeal
“An appeal from a decision of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of judicial review and not to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
T Mobile (UK) Ltd and another v Office of Communications [2008] EWCA Civ 1373; [2008] WLR (D) 391
“A challenge to a the decision of the Office of Communications (‘Ofcom’) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of a claim for judicial review and not an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (‘CAT’).”
WLR Daily, 16th December 2008
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.
“As cartels go, it does not seem the sort to keep competition lawyers awake at night.”
The Times, 10th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An activist group today accused Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling of ‘ripping up’ competition rules in pushing through the merger of HBOS and Lloyds TSB.”
The Times, 8th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Competition Commission has provisionally concluded that a proposed joint venture among the UK’s biggest broadcasters will restrict competition in the supply of video on-demand (VOD) services in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A restriction on Lloyd’s managing agents doing business with non-Lloyd’s brokers was lifted last week by an order modernising the way the world’s leading specialist insurance market operates.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“DLA’s head of competition, who was born on a fairground, says that competition watchdogs will only get more active.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tesco bosses will outline their case against moves by the Competition Commission to prevent their larger stores dominating towns and villages.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis SA (France) and Others
Court of Appeal
“An account of profits could not be awarded on a claim for a nonproprietary tort.”
The Times, 4th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Virgin Media has had a competition tribunal appeal rejected that, if upheld, could have resulted in rival pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB being forced to sell its entire 17.9% stake in ITV.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An account of profits could not be awarded on a claim for a non-proprietary tort. Community law neither prevented nor required the recognition in domestic law of a restitutionary award as a remedy for breach of statutory duty.”
WLR Daily, 16th October 2008
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.
“Ofcom, the communications regulator, has begun its first full-scale inquiry into the mobile phone industry in a move that could revolutionise charging for mobile calls.”
The Times, 29th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Competition Commission (CC) has extended the deadline for its investigation into a joint venture between the UK’s main broadcasters into next year. It has said that it will not be able to complete its inquiry by the initial date of 14 December.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A consortium of more than half of Britain’s racecourses did not breach competition laws by forming its own breakaway television channel, a judge ruled today.”
The Times, 8th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today threatened to report banks to the Competition Commission after finding that the current account market did not offer good value for customers.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Small shops are to be given some protection against competition from out-of-town supermarkets, Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, said. She added that this would help independent shops survive the credit crunch.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
AC-Treuhand AG v Commission of the European Communities (Case T-99/04); [2008] WLR (D) 229
“A consultancy firm which contributed actively and intentionally to a cartel between producers which were active on a market other than that on which the firm itself operated was liable for an infringement of article 81(1)EC, even though it was not a party to the agreement between the producers.”
WLR Daily, 8th July 2008
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.
“Tesco today launched a legal challenge against one of the key proposals of the Competition Commission’s two-year investigation into Britain’s £120 billion supermarket sector.”
The Times, 30th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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