Peter Freeman
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (London)
Non-executive board member
PETER FREEMAN CBE, QC (hon) was, from 2013 until recently, a Chairman of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and remains a non-executive board member of the Competition Service, which supports the Tribunal. From 2005-2011 he was Chairman of the UK Competition Commission, having been a Deputy Chairman since 2003. Prior to that he practised for 30 years at the international law firm Simmons & Simmons, 25 of them as a partner, managing the Commercial Department and heading the EC and Competition Law practice group. From 2011-2013 he was Senior Consultant to the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. He is a member of the Lloyds Enforcement Appeal Tribunal Panel, and a non-executive member of the SSRO (Single Source Regulations Office). Peter Freeman was for many years Chairman of the Regulatory Policy Institute, Oxford, and remains a member of its Council. He has written and spoken widely on competition and regulatory law and is a member of the Scientific Board of Concurrencia e Regulacao, Lisbon.
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University of Oxford
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Introduction This paper deals with one aspect of competition in the supply of grocery products, namely the relationship between grocery retailers and their suppliers, and focuses in particular on the new UK Grocery Supply Code of Practice, known as the “GSCOP”. Background One of the central (...)
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This article (based on a conference speech given at King’s College London on March 1st, 2019, for Concurrences) reviews the question of what is the appropriate appeal system for competition infringement cases, which has somewhat unexpectedly crept into the discussion of competition in the (...)
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This third roundtable of the conference “New frontiers of Antitrust” (Paris, 21 February 2014) was dedicated to “European Competition Network 10 years after & EC Regulation 1/2003: Can cooperation be extended to merger control and advocacy?”. The objectives for the authors of this roundtable (...)
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Ce Tendances revient sur le débat qu’a ravivé l’affaire Aer Lingus/Ryanair autour du traitement des participations minoritaires dans le contrôle des concentrations. La difficulté principale tient dans le point de savoir si, et dans quelle mesure, le droit des concentrations doit s’appliquer aux (...)
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Enquêtes sectorielles : Complément ou substitut de l’action des autorités de concurrence ? Introduction générale Frédéric JENNY President, OECD Competition Committee President of the International board of the Review Concurrences Professor, Co-Director of the Centre Européen de Droit et d’Economie, (...)
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Competition policy is now facing challenges on several fronts. A number of questions arise. Could it be that, after an extended period of mainstream consensus that competition is beneficial to the economy as a whole and consumers in particular, we are witnessing a turn of the tide?... The (...)
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Considering the important number of contributions, the papers of this conference are reproduced in the pdf version attached only. Please note that these papers are also freely available for non-subscribers at the "Conference" section of the (...)
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Richard Whish QC (Hon) Liber Amicorum
This Liber Amicorum highlights the global reach of Professor Whish’s influence. Enforcers, academics and practitioners from around the world pay tribute to the mastery of competition law that (...)
Date
11 March 2020
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230€00
