Table of Contents:
  • Competition policy and economics
  • Overview of EU and UK competition law
  • Article 101(1)
  • Article 101(3)
  • Article 102
  • The obligations of member states under the EU competition rules
  • Articles 101 and 102 : public enforcement by the European Commission and national competition authorities under Regulation 1/2003
  • Articles 101 and 102 : private enforcement in the courts of member states
  • Competition Act 1998 : substantive provisions
  • Competition Act 1998 and the cartel offence : public enforcement and procedure
  • Enterprise Act 2002 : market studies and market investigations
  • The international dimension of competition law
  • Horizontal agreements (1) - cartels
  • Horizontal agreements (2) - oligopoly, tacit collusion and collective dominance
  • Horizontal agreements (3) - cooperation agreements
  • Vertical agreements
  • Abuse of dominance (1) : non-pricing practices
  • Abuse of dominance (2) : pricing practices
  • The relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law
  • Mergers (1) : introduction
  • Mergers (2) : EU law
  • Mergers (3) : UK law
  • Particular sectors.