V.B Competition Law in the United Kingdom

by Becket McGrath & Christine Graham

This chapter covers the main areas of UK competition law,¹¹The EU State aid regime, which controls potentially distortive support of businesses by national and local government, is outside the scope of this chapter. namely: (i) the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements; (ii) the prohibition of abuse of a dominant position; (iii) the criminal cartel offence; (iv) private enforcement; (v) market investigations; and (vi) merger control.