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Public and private enforcement: challenges and opportunities

07 June 2006

Speech to the Law Society's European Group

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by Philip Collins
Chairman, Office of Fair Trading

In this speech, Philip Collins looks at the role of private enforcement in the competition regime and discusses the important issues the OFT is considering in its public enforcement role to ensure the best return for taxpayers' investment. The themes of the speech include:

• the OFT's strong support for private actions and our leadership of the debate of the private/public issue
• the OFT's ideas on settlements and amnesties
• the need for the legal profession to be constructive and co-operative in handling cases.

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