An Opportunity for Reform of the U.K. Competition Regime

The Government’s spending review provides an opportunity to look strategically at possible reforms in U.K. competition law enforcement. The reforms that modernized the U.K. regime of competition enforcement with the 1998 Competition Act and the 2002 Enterprise Act have largely been successful. The United Kingdom is now seen as one of the worldwide leaders in best practices for competition enforcement. Actions of competition authorities and re