Hearings
England & Wales
09 Dec 2009 [2009] EWCA Crim 2575; [2010] Bus LR 748; [2010] 2 All ER 728; [2010] 1 Cr App R 181; [2009] WLR (D) 357, CA
R v B (I)
Subject Matter
CRIME — Competition — Restriction or distortion of competition — Defendant charged with dishonestly engaging in cartel activity — Whether offence “national competition law” for purposes of Council Regulation — Whether Regulation confining power to impose penalty to designated national competition authority — Whether Crown Court having jurisdiction to impose penalty — Enterprise Act 2002, s 188 — Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, arts 3, 5, 35