OFT’s first review of NHS Foundation Trust merger *

United Kingdom - January 10 2013
The Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) review of a merger between two NHS Foundation Trusts is the first of its kind following the enactment of the Health…

Co-authors: Cyrus Mehta, Kabir Garyali.

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Copper cartel participant’s human rights appeal rejected by ECJ *

European Union - December 16 2011
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected arguments by two participants in a copper cartel that the General Court infringed community law and their fundamental right to a fair trial by failing to carry out an adequate review of the Commission’s decision.

Co-authors: Cyrus Mehta, Rachel Bickler.

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The OFT’s case goes up in smoke *

United Kingdom - December 16 2011
The Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) handed down a judgment on 12 December 2011, in which it refused to permit the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to alter and refine its case against members of an alleged tobacco cartel.

Co-authors: Cyrus Mehta, Rachel Bickler.

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Commission erroneously evaluated tender on the basis of bidders’ experience *

European Union - December 16 2011
The General Court (GC) has criticised the European Commission’s basing of the award of a contract on the criterion of the tenderers’ experience in breach of procurement rules which require experience to be assessed at the selection stage.

Co-authors: Cyrus Mehta, Rachel Bickler.

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OFT considers market reference into the private healthcare market *

United Kingdom - December 16 2011
Following an initial review and report the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is proposing to ask the CC to undertake a detailed investigation of the competition in the £5bn privately funded healthcare services market.

Co-authors: Cyrus Mehta, Rachel Bickler.

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