“What is the risk of the competition authorities being sufficiently interested in this to want to do something about it?” is the question commonly asked by clients when advising on the application of European Union (EU) or UK competition law to an agreement or trading practice.
It is a simple question, but one that is often crucial to the client’s assessment of whether to change its agreements or trading practices, or to accept the risk of being discovered by the competition authorities. This raises the important question – what are the competition enforcement activities and priorities of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the UK?
