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UK Civil Aviation Bill aims to streamline regulatory process

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 13 2012

The Civil Aviation Bill (Bill) was introduced to the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the start of this year and sets out plans to reform the framework for the economic regulation of airports

The risks of a minority stake

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 1 2012

On 15 June 2012, the OFT sent the completed acquisition by budget airline Ryanair of a 29.8 stake in competitor Aer Lingus to the UK Competition Commission for a detailed second-stage merger investigation

Airline saga takes off again

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 2 2012

On 15 June 2012, the UK Office of Fair Trading (the “OFT”) announced its decision to refer Ryanair’s acquisition of a minority shareholding in Aer Lingus to the UK Competition Commission (the “CC”

Minority shareholdings and merger control: the Office of Fair Trading refers Ryanair’s minority stake in Aer Lingus to Competition Commission

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 21 2012

On 15 June 2012, the OFT announced its decision to refer the 2006 completed acquisition by Ryanair of a minority stake of 29.8 in Aer Lingus to the Competition Commission

BAA’s right to appeal against forced sale: Court of Appeal grants BAA the opportunity to challenge fairness of Stansted sale

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 7 2012

On 28 May 2012, England’s Court of Appeal granted BAA permission to challenge its forced sale of Stansted airport

Ryanair’s right to appeal rejected: Supreme Court rejects Ryanair’s application for permission to appeal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 7 2012

On 1 June 2012, the UK Supreme Court rejected Ryanair’s application to appeal the OFT’s judgment to proceed with a merger review into its 2006 purchase of a minority stake (29.82) in rival airline, Aer Lingus

Cross-border follow-on claims in antitrust litigation: English courts confirm possibility of forumshopping

  • Stibbe
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 6 2012

On 16 May 2011 the Queen's Bench Division of the Commercial Court in London ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear a claim lodged by Ryanair against the UK entity ExxonMobil Aviation International Ltd and two of its Italian Esso subsidiaries based inter alia on a statutory breach in relation to an antitrust infringement committed by Esso in Italy

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2012

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

OFT fines British Airways a reduced sum of £58.5m for fuel surcharge cartel

  • Stephenson Harwood LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 24 2012

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced on 19 April 2012 that British Airways (BA) would be fined £58.5m for its involvement in a cartel to fix fuel surcharge pricing on long-haul passenger flights to and from the UK between August 2004 and January 2006

Secretary of State for Transport issues written statement on airport charges price controls in relation to Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 22 2012

On 16 May 2012, the Department for Transport announced that the Secretary of State for Transport had issued a written statement on the removal of a mandatory reference to the Competition Commission from the Civil Aviation Authority’s (“CAA”) price control review process for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports

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