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In Sidey Ltd v Clackmannanshire Council 2009 CSOH 166, the Court of Session in Scotland set-aside a £2.5m contract (below threshold) concluded between a local authority and a bidder following a public procurement process
On 23 February 2011, the Commission reported that Member States recovered a total of 530 million in State aid in 2010 which was granted to businesses before they were notified to the Commission and later found to be incompatible with EU State aid rules
The Competition Authority has published a booklet which provides information to contracting authorities on the tell-tale signs of bid-rigging and how to report it
The UK supermarket chain, Safeway, which is to be fined by the Office of Fair Trading for cartel offences involving supermarkets and dairy processors, is entitled in principle to recover the fine from the employees and directors who caused it to breach the applicable competition laws
In Michael Gillen and Flosshaul Ltd v Inverclyde Council 2010 CSOH 19, the Scottish Court of Session dismissed two actions for damages taken against Inverclyde Council for breach of the Scottish Procurement Regulations in its award of a contract for the provision of bus services
On 3 March 2011, the EU's General Court reduced the fines of certain members of the gas insulated switchgear cartel but upheld the fine of 396.6 million imposed on Siemens
A review of the merger notifications made to the Irish Competition Authority during 2011 and analysis of the emerging notification trends by comparison to previous years
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has agreed to pay a fine of £28.59 million (reduced from £33.6 million to reflect its admission and co-operation with the OFT) after admitting breaches of competition law between October 2007 and February or March 2008
In its judgment of 28 January 2010 in Commission v. Ireland (Case C-45608), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that Order 84A of the Rules of the Superior Courts which sets out the procedure and timeframe for initiating a challenge to a procurement procedure is contrary to EU law
Contracting authorities awarding non-priority service contracts will need to bear in mind a recent decision from the Northern Ireland High Court which found that a standstill period may be required for such awards under fundamental principles of EC law
