Consultation outcome

Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 24 April 2012
• Last updated: 29 January 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform - government response

Ref: BIS/13/501

PDF, 687 KB, 72 pages

Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform - final impact assessment

Ref: BIS/13/502

PDF, 431 KB, 49 pages

Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform responses - A to B

PDF, 2.02 MB, 216 pages

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Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform responses - C to F

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Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform responses - G to N

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Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform responses - O to Z

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Detail of outcome

The government has decided to establish the Competition Appeal Tribunal for competition actions, introduce a limited opt-out collective actions regime, and promote alternative dispute resolution.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on reforms to empower consumers and businesses to challenge anti-competitive behaviour.

This consultation ran from
24 April 2012 to 11:45pm on 24 July 2012

Consultation description

After analysing the results of the consultation on private actions in competition law, we have published the government response and the final impact assessment .

A legal framework will help business and consumers to represent their own interests, challenge breaches of competition law, and get redress.

This response sets out the issues that we consulted on, a summary of respondents’ views, the government’s analysis of responses and decisions.

The government has decided to:

• establish the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) as the major venue for competition actions in the UK
• introduce a limited opt-out collective actions regime, with safeguards, for competition law
• promote alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as an alternative to court action

Documents

Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform

Ref: BIS/12/742

PDF, 556 KB, 71 pages

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Private actions in competition law: a consultation on options for reform - impact assessment

Ref: BIS/12/743

PDF, 405 KB, 49 pages

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Published 24 April 2012
Last updated 29 January 2013 + show all updates

1. 29 January 2013

   Government response and final impact assessment published.

2. 24 April 2012

   First published.