The Competition Law Forum's Project on Consumer Detriment

The maximisation of consumer welfare is consistently presented as the paramount objective of competition law. However, to what extent is this objective pursued in practice by the competition authorities? Dr Philip Marsden and Peter Whelan's detailed study of EC and UK competition legislation, soft law and cases aims to answer this question and to offer timely observations and suggest important areas for further study. Their paper, entitled '"Consumer Detriment" and its Application in EC and UK Competition Law', is available in the October 2006 edition of the European Competition Law Review.

To access this article please click here.

A related article, 'Consumer Interest in Competition Law Cases', was written by Michael Hutchings OBE and Peter Whelan and was published in the September 2006 edition of the Consumer Policy Review.

To access this article please click here.