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<title><![CDATA[ UK Merger Control: Recent Developments ]]></title>
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This note analyses recent developments in UK merger control, under the following headings: the de minimis exception; undertakings in lieu; the relationship between the OFT and the CC - retail mergers; substantial part of the UK; failing firms / counterfactual; and trends in OFT merger decisions.
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<title><![CDATA[ Hutchison 3G UK Limited v The Office of Communications [2009] EWCA Civ 683 ]]></title>
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Following a complex procedural history, the issue of mobile call termination charges was considered by the Court of Appeal.&nbsp; Hutchison 3G UK Limited ('H3G') appealed against a decision by the Office of Communications ('OFCOM'), upheld by the Competition Appeal Tribunal ('the Tribunal'), that it had significant market power in the market for ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-08-10</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review of the draft joint Merger Assessment Guidelines of the CC and OFT ]]></title>
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In general, there is much to welcome in the draft Guidelines. &nbsp;First, it is helpful that the documents issued by the Authorities following the Enterprise Act are being updated to reflect experience and developments. &nbsp; Secondly, it is valuable that the Authorities have identified common ground on many issues (which ought to ensure consi ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-08-03</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Emerald Supplies Ltd v British Airways Plc ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Claimants (Emerald) were flower importers who used the international air freight services of BA and other airlines. Emerald brought a private damages action in the High Court alleging that a cartel relating to air freight prices, of which BA and other airlines had been convicted in the United States (and for which they are under investigatio ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-07-23</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Follow-on damages claims: The CAT or the High Court? ]]></title>
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The recent decision of the Chancellor in National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC v ABB Limited and others [2009] EWHC 1326 (Ch) has made the High Court a more attractive forum for follow-on damages claims, at least in relation to decisions of the European Commission.
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<link>http://moncktonlive.dijit.net/docs/library/NGridEHJuly09.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>2009-07-09</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Public procurement: current issues in an economic downturn ]]></title>
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Joshua Rozenberg discusses with Michael Bowsher QC and Paul Lasok QC the general procurement issues that arise in an economic downturn.


If you are unable to access this podcast online, please contact us and we will send you a CD of the recording.
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<pubDate>2009-06-23</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Appealing Fines in the Competition Appeal ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Competition Appeal Tribunal ("the CAT") gave judgment in the NAPP case, the first ever appeal, which included an appeal on penalty, under the Competition Act 1998 ("the Competition Act") back in January 2002. In the intervening seven and a half years, the CAT has delivered a number of important judgments which reveal the way in which the CAT ]]></description>
<link>http://moncktonlive.dijit.net/docs/library/Kreisberger-JUNE09.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>2009-06-22</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ R (TNT Post UK Ltd) v HMRC ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
This case concerned the interpretation of an exemption from VAT in relation to postal services. Proceedings were brought by TNT Post UK Limited ("TNT Post") against Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs ("HMRC") and Royal Mail Group Limited ("Royal Mail") intervened as an interested party.
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<link>http://moncktonlive.dijit.net/docs/library/RoyalMailTNTARBJune09.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>2009-06-11</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ State aid and the grant of telecoms licences ]]></title>
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On 2 April 2009, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down judgment in Case C-431/07 P Bouygues SA v Commission. &nbsp;The ECJ upheld the judgment of the Court of First Instance ("CFI"). &nbsp;
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<link>http://moncktonlive.dijit.net/docs/library/SFRMay09KS.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>2009-05-29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ J B Leadbitter & Co Limited v Devon County Council ]]></title>
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<pubDate>2009-05-15</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ J B Leadbitter & Co Limited v Devon County Council ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The judgment of Mr. Justice David Richards of 1 May 2009 considers the question of how procuring authorities are to treat tenders submitted incomplete, and exercise their discretion to accept supplements to those tenders after the deadline. &nbsp;Devon County Council ('Devon CC') undertook a procurement for a consortium of public bodies in the S ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-05-15</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ National Grid plc v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (Capital Meters Ltd and Siemens plc and anr intervening) ]]></title>
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The Competition Appeal Tribunal (the 'CAT') has recently decided&nbsp;National Grid's appeal against a finding by Ofgem that it had&nbsp;abused its position of dominance in the market for the provision of&nbsp;domestic gas meters.&nbsp;


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<pubDate>2009-05-15</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ First challenge to OFT's prioritisation policy and operation of concurrency regulations ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Cityhook sought judicial review of the decision of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) not to pursue further an investigation into Cityhook's complaint under the Competition Act 1998 that it was the subject of an illegal collective boycott by the United Kingdom Cable Protection Committee and certain of its members in respect of its technology desig ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-05-07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Freesat Free to Decide ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In May 2008, the BBC and ITV launched "Freesat", a new service&nbsp;offering multi-channel digital satellite TV on a "free-to-air" basis.&nbsp;This case concerned the allocation of Electronic Programme Guide&nbsp;("EPG") numbers by Freesat to the TV channels appearing on its&nbsp;service.


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<pubDate>2009-05-07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Appealing Against One's Own Success ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
It is trite to say that an appeal is a losing party's prerogative.&nbsp;However, the Court of Appeal in its recent judgment in (1) Office of&nbsp;Communications, and (2) T-Mobile UK Ltd v Floe Telecom Ltd (in&nbsp;liquidation) granted the Office of Communications ('OFCOM') and T-&nbsp;Mobile (UK) Lt ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-03-31</pubDate>
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