On 18 February 2026, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (‘the Tribunal’) handed down its judgment in Trial 2 of the Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings ([2026] CAT 11). Having established that…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (the "CMA") has unveiled its Annual Plan for 2026–2027 (the "Plan"), setting out the authority's strategic priorities and workplan for the year ahead.The…
Introduction: The New Gatekeepers of the UK Airline MarketAirline booking engines are no longer mere transactional tools, they have become the invisible architects of the UK air travel market. Every…
2025 saw seismic developments in competition law in the UK, both in terms of regulation and litigation. This blog provides a high-level overview of those developments.The UK competition law landscape…
The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is taking significant steps to evolve its approach to merger control, introducing a new Mergers Charter and launching a review of its merger…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a suite of guidance documents that set out how it intends to exercise its powers under the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers…
After years of planning and debate, the UK's Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act will come into force on 1 January 2025. This landmark legislation provides expanded powers to the CMA in…
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union put European competition policy in a somewhat awkward state. The schism left EU and UK competition law as geographical neighbours and almost identical…
Background
On 24 May 2024, royal assent was granted to the UK Parliament’s Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act (“DMCC”) (available here), a year after the Bill was first introduced to…
The UK Competition and Market Authority has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over its dynamic pricing of concert tickets. This follows widespread complaints about Ticketmaster increasing…
