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Market studies ORR publishes final report of its market study on railway station catering market; decides not to refer the market to the CMA The Office for Rail and Road (ORR) has issued the final report from its market study into the provision of railway station catering in Great Britain. Railway station catering means the supply of food and beverages to customers, mostly passengers, by retailers trading at stations. It is a material market for passengers, retail catering firms and station facility owners. The ORR began the market investigation in June 2023...

Antitrust ORR unveils updated guidance on enforcing the Competition Act 1998 in the railway sector The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released refreshed guidance, outlining its approach to enforcing the Competition Act 1998 in connection with the supply of railway services (the Guidance), replacing and updating its 2016 guidance document. Background The ORR holds, alongside the CMA, concurrent powers to apply and enforce the Chapter I and Chapter II prohibitions of the Competition Act 1998 to the provision of services relating to railways in Great Britain...

In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Criminal procedure and evidence Appeal and judicial review Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering LexTalk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Report finds whistleblowing failings cost government £426m A whistleblowing charity, in a 4 February 2025 report calling for swift reform, said that overlooking whistleblowers played a role in three serious scandals that left the UK government out of pocket by more than £426m. See News Analysis: Whistleblowing failures cost government £426m, report finds. Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Court gives SFO the green light to enforce DPA against Guralp On 31...

This Practice Note outlines the practical actions to be weighed by advisers dealing with the immediate consequences of a serious workplace health and safety accident in England, Wales and Scotland. In the moments after an incident, it is crucial that an incident management team is identified promptly and put in place from the outset and without delay. See Practice Notes: Health and Safety Executive prosecutions policy, Dealing with dawn raids by the Health and Safety Executive—key information, Health and safety investigations in Scotland and Corporate manslaughter—enforcement and prosecution. Which regulators will be involved? England and Wales In England and Wales, coordination of investigation and prosecution activity following a work-related death is governed by Work Related Deaths: A Protocol for Liaison (WRDP—England and Wales). The protocol is signed by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) British Transport Police (BTP) Care Quality Commission (CQC) Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA) Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) the Health and...

Many UK industries are overseen by their own regulator—some (though not all) also possess concurrent competition powers, giving them authority to enforce competition law within their particular sector, alongside their routine supervisory functions. The framework for supervising distinct industries in the UK is intricate because of the interaction between a regulator’s sector‑specific rules and the application of competition law, and the need to balance both sets of powers coherently in practice. This regime developed after the privatisation of various sectors and through the steady refinement of regulation over time, reflecting incremental changes rather than a single redesign within the UK context. Every regulated area is governed by its own specific and comprehensive framework, in considerable detail. Accordingly, although many issues and procedures are shared across most regulated sectors, the particulars frequently diverge in material and sometimes fundamental ways in practice. Consequently, one must consult the bespoke framework applicable to each sector for accurate guidance on application. For information on live competition cases and markets under examination by sector regulators,...

This Practice Note This Practice Note sets out an overview and concise summary of prosecutions for health and safety breaches pursued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) or local authorities that culminated in penalties exceeding £1m. The tracker is designed to help practitioners keep sight of when substantial sentences for health and safety infringements are handed down for contraventions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) and subordinate health and safety regulations. It also supports practitioners in grasping how, in England and Wales, the relevant offence‑specific sentencing guidelines are being applied in practice for health and safety, corporate manslaughter, and food safety and hygiene offences. Entries are ordered by the date of sentence, namely: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Sentences imposed on or before 31 January 2016 For guidance on the timing and manner of...