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Building Voices is a new podcast series that focuses on the topical issues impacting dispute resolution and dispute management in the construction and infrastructure industries, as well as general developments across these sectors. The series is hosted by members of our ICE Disputes Team (Frances Gordon-Weeks, Conor Rodgers, Emma Hutchinson, Anne Thompson, Emily Newey and Jane Fender-Allison) and features a range of guest speakers including internal CMS market-leading lawyers, as well as external Counsel and industry experts.
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Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
In this episode, our experts look at a first-of-its-kind competition enforcement report produced by the CMS Competition team.
The report provides a rigorous analysis of competition enforcement in the UK, analysing all 164 of the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigations appeals to the Competition Appeal Tribunal since the early 2000s.
In this discussion, two authors of the report (Neil Baylis and Lucy Charatan of CMS’ Antitrust, Competition & Trade team), discuss building and construction highlights from the report.
The podcast covers:
- A summary of the contents of the report and how it is relevant to businesses operating in the building and construction sectors
- A discussion on how the CMA generally initiates investigations and a consideration on whether it has adopted any specific practices in the construction sector
- Types of infringing behaviour seen in the building and construction industry
- A consideration of whether the CMA has become more active in taking proceedings against directors in a personal capacity
- Lessons learnt from the report and trends to look out for in the future for the sector, including relating to ESG and labour markets