The OFT announced late last week that it has charged five individuals with offences under the Enterprise Act 2002 in relation to price fixing in the UK market for passeger transport services provided by British Airways and Virgin.
Readers will recall that this story first hit the headlines some time ago and that there have been [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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Dyson has successfully complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about an Electrolux advert claiming that its vacuum cleaner “surpasses the suction power of the leading upright in the UK by 50%, giving your customers an intense deep clean”. The ASA ruled that the article breached the provisions of the CAP Code, which is the [...]
[click here read more]Posted: July 14th, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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Last month three UK businessmen were sentenced to imprisonment as part of the first ever criminal cartel convictions.
The Enterprise Act 2002 introduced the first cartel offence five years ago under UK law. A person may be found guilty of the cartel offence if they dishonestly agree with one or more persons to engage in a [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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The High Court in England considered the application of The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 in a tender process by the London Borough of Newham. In Lettings International Limited -v- London Borough of Newham [2008] EWHC 1583 (QB) the court ruled that in the tender process it adopted Newham had acted unfairly, without the requisite transparency, and had [...]
[click here read more]Posted: July 9th, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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The proposed sale by Ineos of its chlorine packaging and distribution business to BOC has been referred to the Competition Commission by the OFT, even though the relevant market is worth less than £10 million per year. Smaller companies should take note that it is not necessarily the size of the market that determines the [...]
[click here read more]Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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