The Competition Appeal Tribunal

1. Introduction; PART A: PRINCIPLES; 2. Brief survey of UK competition law; 3. Brief survey of EC competition law; 4. The Jurisdiction of the Tribunal; 5. Membership of the Tribunal; 6. The right to a fair hearing; Human Rights aspects; 7. Duties of a public authority; disclosure; 8. Legitimate expectation; the status of guidance issues by the OFT, the Competition Commission; 9. The decision making process in public law: grounds of review; 10. Standard of review; 11. Error of law; 12. Procedural error; 13. Material error of fact; 14. Is proportionality a ground of review? PART B: PROCEDURE; 15. Who has standing to appeal; 16. Bringing an Appeal; 17. The Notice of Appeal; 18. Interlocutory applications and case management; 19. Confidentiality; 20. Appeals from a Tribunal Decision; PART C: MATERIALS; I: statutory provisions conferring jurisdiction on CAT; 21. Competition Act 1998 (as amended by the Enterprise Act: sections 32, 33, 35, 46, 47, 47A, 47B; Schedule 8 para 3(2); 22. EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement Regulations 2001 (as amended): particularly regulations 25-28; 23. Enterprise Act 2002: sections 12, 114, 120, 179; and schedule 2; schedule 4; 24. Communications Act 2003: Section 192-195; II: statutory provisions governing practice of CAT; 25. Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2000 (SI 2000/261) (proceedings commenced pre 20 June 2003); 26. Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2003 (SI 2003/1372) (proceedings commenced pre 20 June 2003); III: CAT practice directions; 27. PD 8 July 2002: Notice on Neutral Citation of Tribunal Judgments; IV: other CAT materials; 28. CAT Guide to Appeals [June 2000]