UK Competition Procedure The Modernised Regime

Author: Elizabeth O'Neill; Emma Scaife
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199284276
Published In: March 2007
Format: Hardback , 840 pages
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Analyses an increasingly complex and important subject, including topics such as leniency and information disclosure
Written by a team with a variety of experience and backgrounds, offering an insider's view on the new regime
A quick point of reference for key information such as dealing with a dawn raid
Contains information on all competition authorities relevant to UK businesses, with particular emphasis on the Office of Fair Trading as the primary enforcer in the UK

This book provides practitioners with a ready and comprehensive reference to the procedures for the enforcement of competition law in the UK following the implementation of the EC modernisation regulation (European Council Regulation 1 of 2003). The modernisation regulation came into effect on 1 May 2004, along with substantial changes to the Competition Act 1998 in the UK.

As former Office of Fair Trading officials who were closely involved in the UK implementation of the EC modernisation regulation, the authors have first hand knowledge of the procedural changes in the UK and in Europe. They draw upon this experience, as well as the expertise of the Editor and Consultant Editor, in providing a truly practical and invaluable analysis of the modernised regime.

This book essentially covers practice and procedure, while also providing a brief overview of the substantive elements of competition law (which have not changed). It provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of the competition law procedures relevant to businesses and lawyers in the UK today.

The book is edited by Margaret Bloom (King's College, London), a well known and respected leader in the field of UK competition practice, and Anneli Howard, a barrister at Monckton Chambers specialising in competition law.

Readership: Practitioners (including in-house counsel and lawyers acting for government authorities); judges; academics; post-graduate students; reference libraries.

1: Competition Rules Applicable in the United Kingdom

2: Enforcement Bodies in the United Kingdom

3: The Relationship Between European Competition Law and National Competition Law

4: Exemptions and Exclusions

5: Leniency

6: Starting an Investigation in the United Kingdom

7: Information Gathering

8: Information Disclosure

9: The OFT's Decision Making Process

10: Enforcement Measures

11: Multiple Enforcement: The European Commission, UK Competition Authorities and the European Competition Network

12: Appeals

13: Market Investigation References

14: Market Investigations: The Inquiry

Appendices

Council Regulation (EC) 1/2003

Competition Act 1998 (consolidated version)

Competition Act 1998 (Office of Fair Trading's Rules) Order 2004

List of European Competition Network Members

Elizabeth O'Neill, Barrister, Treasury Solicitor's Department, and Emma Sanders (née Scaife), Solicitor, England & Wales, and Solicitor and Barrister, Western Australia and Victoria

Edited by Anneli Howard, Barrister, Monckton Chambers, and Margaret Bloom, Senior Consultant, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Visiting Professor, King's College London