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OFT fines 103 construction companies record £129.5 million for bid-rigging - and 25 companies then appeal the level of their fines to the CAT

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

In September 2009, the Office of Fair Trading issued a decision finding that 103 construction firms had infringed competition law by engaging in bid-rigging in England in the period from 2000 to 2006

Crest Nicholson scores success against OFT over refusal to re-open fast-track offer

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 17 2009

The High Court has ruled in favour of construction company Crest Nicholson in its judicial review of a decision by the OFT to refuse to re-open an offer of co-operation in an investigation into bid-rigging in the building sector

Review of 2009 and preview of 2010

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 15 2010

The transition from 2009 to 2010 sees some significant legislative chapters closing, notably the Companies Act 2006, Rome I and II, the Banking Act 2009 and the Lisbon Treaty

Avoiding future heartache - the OFT and the construction industry

  • Dentons
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 31 2011

In May 2011, the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) dramatically reduced the fines that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) had imposed on 103 firms in the construction sector

CAT awards costs of appeals to Crest Nicholson and ISG Pearce

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 7 2011

On 1 December 2011, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) ruled on cost applications made by Crest Nicholson and ISG Pearce in relation to their appeals against their respective penalties in the construction cartel

General Counsel Update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 7 2011

This is the twenty-seventh in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

CAT mauls OFTs fining policy

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 22 2011

The OFT suffered a significant setback when the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) recently handed down its judgment on appeals by construction companies against fines levied by the OFT, undermining its 'minimum deterrence threshold'

Competition Appeal Tribunal significantly reduces fines in construction recruitment cartel cases

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 1 2011

Today's Competition Appeal Tribunal judgment in the construction recruitment cartel cases further clarifies the steps that the OFT must take in setting penalties in cartel cases

Appeals result in OFT fine reductions for construction companies

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 6 2011

Following the first batch of appeals against the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decisions in the construction cover pricing case, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has reduced the fines for all 13 companies

OFT construction cartel fines slashed by 90 per cent

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 21 2011

On 11 March 2011, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down a judgment on six of the appeals against the decision of the OFT in the construction bid-rigging case

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