Pinar Akman
University of Leeds, Competition Appeal Tribunal (London), Financial Conduct Authority (London)
Professor of Law
Dr Pinar Akman is a Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Leeds. She is a Director at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Digital Governance funded by the European Commission. Previously, she was the Director of the Centre for Business Law and Practice at the University of Leeds (2017-2020). Prior to joining the University of Leeds, she was a Professor of Law at the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and UEA Law School, University of East Anglia. She has degrees in law from the University of Ankara and the University of East Anglia. She is a qualified lawyer in Turkey and is an expert in EU and UK competition law and economics. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals such as the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and the Modern Law Review. She is the author of the sell-out monograph The Concept Abuse in EU Competition Law : Law and Economic Approaches (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2012 ; reprinted, 2015). She is a Non-Governmental Advisor to the UK and to Turkey for the International Competition Network’s (ICN) Unilateral Conduct Working Group and Cartels Working Group, respectively. In 2017, Professor Akman was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize (£100,000) by the Leverhulme Trust to further her research into the application of competition law in digital, technology markets. In 2018, she was awarded a Women of Achievement Award by the University of Leeds.
Distinctions
Auteurs associés
William Allan
University of Cambridge
Kate Collyer
Financial Conduct Authority (London)
Michael Cutting
Competition Appeal Tribunal (London)
Miranda de Savorgnani
Financial Conduct Authority (London)
Eamonn Doran
Competition Appeal Tribunal (London)
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Articles
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The notion of dominance in competition law can be considered as one of the ‘gatekeeper’ factors in the application of laws prohibiting abuse of a dominant position. This is because at least in some jurisdictions such as the European Union (EU) once an undertaking under investigation is (...)
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The High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) has refused to grant a stay of proceedings against Mastercard defendants in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc and others v MasterCard Incorporated and others [2013] EWHC 1071 (Comm). In this case, Morrisons and other major high street retailers claimed (...)
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Article published on Centre for Competition Policy blog. The Court of Justice’s Expedia ruling undermines the economic approach by eliminating the ‘de mimimis’ defence in object agreements* One of the most important holdings of the Court of Justice in recent times is buried in paragraph (...)
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On 13 September 2012, the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) dismissed an appeal which sought to strike out a damages claim (or grant summary judgment) brought against a company that was not the addressee of a European Commission decision finding an infringement of EU competition law. In (...)
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The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) has acted on a complaint alleging that Fida Film Production Distribution and Advertising Corporation (Fida Film) has entered into exclusivity agreements with all major cinema companies and foreclosed 80% of the market with these, rendering the (...)
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The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) has rejected a consumer complaint alleging that the car park fees at the only airport in the capital (Ankara Esenboga Airport) are excessive. The case arose out of a consumer complaining to the TCA after having parked his vehicle at the airport car (...)
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Acting on complaints, the Turkish Competition Board (TCB) found that the advertising campaign of Carrefour SA (Carrefour Group Turkey) which gives consumers a price guarantee, promising to refund ten times the difference if they find the same product they purchased at Carrefour SA at a cheaper (...)
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The Turkish Competition Board (TCB) confirmed its previous finding of lack of anticompetitive conduct by Roche in the bio-tech pharmaceuticals market in Turkey. The decision of the TCB comes after its original decision being annulled by the Council of State for not having taken into (...)
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In an interesting decision on 20 June 2008, the Turkish Competition Board (TCB) has granted an individual exemption to an exclusive distribution agreement between GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Co. and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd after refusing to grant negative clearance to the agreement (...)
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The Turkish Competition Board (TCB) has confirmed the fine it had levied on a single member of a cartel in the ready mixed concrete market in the Marmara region in a recent decision. The original decision which seems to have caused controversy within the TCB - the dissenting opinions of the (...)
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The Turkish Competition Board (TCB) has ordered Amadeus Reservation Distribution Systems Co (Amadeus) to terminate the use of a contract clause regarding loyalty-enhancing bonus schemes found in agreements with certain travel agents. According to the contract clause, the travel agents had to (...)
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On 8 November 2007 the Turkish Competition Board (TCB) rejected a complaint by a consumer alleging the restriction of competition on the Turkish market for PC Operating Systems (OSs) and application software. The complainant had alleged that the consumer’s request to install another OS onto (...)
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Classement de l'auteur
733ème
En nombre de contributions
337ème
En nombre total de visites
1238ème
En nombre moyen de visites