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Subsidy Control reviews: what can I challenge and where do I issue?
In what is rapidly turning into an unintended mini-series, the theme of this blog is again subsidy control reviews under s. 70 of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (SCA) (see previous posts here and here). This post deals with some unusual features of s. 70, which will throw up tricky threshold questions for many appellants,… Continue reading
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Subsidy Control reviews: a cheap and cheerful jurisdiction?
A few weeks ago, the Competition Bulletin blogged on the standard of review that was likely to apply in subsidy control reviews conducted by the CAT under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (SCA). This blog covers the procedural approach that the CAT seems likely to adopt. In short, early indications are that the watchwords will… Continue reading
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Curtains for the French Blocking Statute?
Never the most celebrated actor on the stage of English litigation, the French Blocking Statute nonetheless has its fans, particularly among competition lawyers. The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories [2013] EWCA Civ 1234, however, may prove the Statute’s final curtain call in this jurisdiction.… Continue reading
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Down the rabbit-hole: costs, the Comms Act and the Competition Commission
‘“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here”.’ Where an appeal to the Tribunal under section 192 of the Communications Act 2003 gives rise to specified ‘price control matters’, the CAT must hive them off for determination by the Competition… Continue reading
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