Chapter II
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Boundary Fares: the boundaries of fairness
In Boundary Fares [2025] CAT 64 the Tribunal dismissed Mr Gutmann’s claims that rail companies had abused their dominant positions by failing to make boundary fares sufficiently available or promote awareness of them. The decision contains important analysis about the overlap of consumer and competition law, but the reasoning is nuanced and it does not… Continue reading
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Kent v Apple: Collective actions and the future of platform competition
The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Kent v Apple is an important landmark in the approach of UK courts to competition within tech ecosystems, showing how traditional tools can be used to police digital walled gardens. The decision is also very timely. Just as the government is considering whether recent high-profile disappointments in the collective… Continue reading
