Competition Litigation Moves To The Regions

The new Business and Property Courts of England and Wales opened for business on 2 October 2017. From now on, claims for breaches of competition law can be commenced in its 5 regional centres, including Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. (Before, they had to go to London.) Great news for regional law firms and their clients…

Adam Aldred, who heads our EU & Competition law team, posted this news on LinkedIn and Twitter which was picked up by a reporter at PaRR – Policy and Regulatory Report who ran their own story, see link here.