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PRO Compliance | United Kingdom | 19 Nov 2020
CMA issues first-ever price parity clauses fine
The UK’s antitrust enforcer has fined one of the country’s biggest price comparison platforms £17.9 million for using most-favoured-nation clauses that banned home insurers from offering lower prices on rival websites.
Judge & Priestley LLP | United Kingdom | 7 Jan 2020
The Role of the Financial Ombudsman Service in Debt Recovery.
A matter that seems somewhat pervasive between most individuals is debt. Whether it is paying off student loans, monthly repayments on a mortgage or…
Slaughter and May | United Kingdom | 12 Jun 2019
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (29 May - 11 June 2019)
CMA Chief Executive advocates for ''evolution, not revolution'' following report evaluating past merger control decisions in digital markets…
Boyes Turner LLP | United Kingdom | 26 Apr 2019
Cover pricing in the construction industry
In 2008 the Office of Fair Trading imposed fines of £129.2 million on 103 construction firms which it found had colluded with competitors when…
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | United Kingdom | 8 Apr 2019
Lifting the fog surrounding event fees in retirement properties
On 27 March 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government confirmed that it will implement the majority of the recommendations…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Mar 2019
Care home providers get new guidance from the CMA on terms of service
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued guidance for care home providers to assist with compliance under both the Consumer Protection…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 6 Aug 2018
R(Gallaher) v Competition and Markets Authority and the Search for the Principle of Equal Treatment
The Supreme Court in R (o.t.a. Gallaher et al) v. Competition and Markets Authority [2018] UKSC 25 dealt with concepts at the core of UK public law…
Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 13 Jul 2018
Is Inequality of Treatment Just Irrational? - Gallaher Group Ltd and others v CMA
Following its investigation into the tobacco market, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) issued a finding against 12 companies that certain price fixing…
Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 29 Jun 2018
Public Law Case Update - June 2018
Under Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 the Secretary of State has the power to issue 'retention notices' requiring telecoms operators to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 22 May 2018
Supreme Court ruling in the tobacco retail pricing case: OFT decision not to reimburse fines imposed on Gallaher and Somerfield was not irrational
The Supreme Court has found that the OFT (the CMA's predecessor) did not act unlawfully in failing to repay fines imposed on Gallaher and Somerfield…
