Levelling the playing field
13 September 2012
In the second of two articles on anti-competitive practices, Gillian Sproul explains how the government’s recent white paper on the subject can help wronged companies to seek redress
Last month, the government published a new competition law white paper to back up the 1998 Competition Act. This confirms the intention to penalise non-compliance, in particular by imposing criminal penalties - including jail sentences - on individuals who set up and maintain cartels and on company directors and senior executives who condone them. Ensuring competition...