This year marks four years since significant statutory reforms regenerated the UK’s collective actions arena. Following a rocky start to this new regime, it appears that 2019 may finally bring some clarity to potential claimants navigating the first hurdle of competition class actions: the Collective Proceedings Order (‘CPO’) application. This is the first stage in … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Angela Gregson. The OFT has afforded itself an enhanced ability to set higher fines in UK competition cases. Changes made by the OFT to its procedure for determining the appropriate level of fine include an increase in the starting point of the fine from a maximum of 10% of relevant … Continue Reading
