Results: 2

• Cérélia Group Holdings SAS and another v Competition and Markets Authority

  11 Apr 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 352; [2024] WLR(D) 168, CA (Sir Julian Flaux C, Green, Snowden LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  COMPETITION — Investigatory powers — Market investigations
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  COMPETITION — Investigatory powers — Market investigations — Competition and Markets Authority referring merger of businesses for investigation and report — Authority exercising power to extend reference period if unable to publish report within standard period owing to “special reasons” — Report finding constraints offered by competitors insufficient to prevent merger causing substantial lessening of competition — Companies involved in merger seeking review of decision — Intensity of review to be carried out — Whether authority’s assessment as to constraints offered by competitors irrational — Whether authority had “special reasons” for extending reference period — Effect of unlawful decision to extend time — Enterprise Act 2002 (c 40) ss 39, 120

• Proceedings brought by Endemol Shine Finland Oy

  07 Mar 2024 (Case C-740/22); EU:C:2024:216; [2024] WLR(D) 169, ECJ (President of Chamber T von Danwitz (Rapporteur), Judges PG Xuereb, I Ziemele Advocate General T Ćapeta)

  DATA PROTECTION — Personal data — Processing
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  DATA PROTECTION — Personal data — Processing — Company making oral request to Finnish court for information from court’s register concerning person’s possible criminal convictions or offences — Whether oral disclosure of personal data constituting “processing” of data — Whether manually processed data within scope of EU Regulation — Whether processing lawful — Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) 2016/679, arts 2(1), 4(2)(6), 6(1)(e), 10