UK courts should avoid creating procedures inconsistent with European decisions: ‘The necessity of avoiding conflicting decisions between the Commission and national courts is a theme which runs through a number of European and English domestic cases, as I will set out below. It is an objective which makes obvious sense. The European Union is intended to be a cohesive economic unit. It would interfere with that cohesiveness if a finding by the specialist competition authority of the Community that there had been an abuse of dominant position was undermined by decisions of national courts, some of which came to the same conclusion and others of which came to the opposite conclusion.’
Judges:
Laddie J
Citations:
Times 15-May-1996, [1997] Eu LR 1
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Crehan v Inntrepreneur Pub Company (CPC) CA 21-May-2004
The claimant had taken two leases, but had been made subject to beer ties with the defendant. He claimed damages for the losses, saying he had been forced to pay higher prices than those allowed to non-tied houses, and that the agreement was . .
Cited – Inntrepreneur Pub Company (CPC) and others v Crehan HL 19-Jul-2006
The tenant had taken on pub leases with ties requiring him to buy beer from companies associated with the landlords. The European Commission had issued a decision and the House was asked whether this was binding on the parties.
Held: . .
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European
Updated: 24 July 2022; Ref: scu.81589