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Article: Damages for Breach of Competition Law - New Impetus Given by Advocate General's Opinion in Case 295/04 Manfredi.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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Originally published February 2006
The recent Advocate-General's Opinion in Manfredi promises to fuel the debate in the UK over the range of remedies claimable by third parties in respect of loss caused to them by an unlawful agreement or concerted practice. For the purpose of this discussion it does not matter whether or not third parties are in a contractual relationship with the competition law infringers.
The suitability of specific forms of remedy arose in proceedings brought in Italy by several customers against their insurance companies. Those companies had been found by the Italian Competition Authority to be parties to an unlawful price fixing ...