UK cartel enforcement – another false dawn?

Richard Sallybanks (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, rsallybanks@bcl.com) is a partner and Alex Swan (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, aswan@bcl.com) a senior associate at BCL Solicitors LLP.

In October [2020] the Serious Fraud Office and the Competition and Markets Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding: Alex Swan and Richard Sallybanks of BCL Solicitors LLP ask whether it presages an upturn in the criminal investigation of cartel activity.