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UK competition update: CAT grants CMA warrants in waste management probe; Court of Appeal refuses Le Patourel v BT permission to appeal; CAT extends stays in motor finance collective proceedings

Published on: 01 August 2025

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Antitrust CAT grants CMA warrants to enter and search business premises relating to its supply waste management services investigation

The CAT handed down its judgment, dated 13 June 2025, in CMA v Another, concerning the CMA’s application for six search warrants under section 28(1)(b) of the Competition Act 1998. The CAT approved the CMA’s application.

Background

The CMA sought four warrants pursuant to section 28(1) of the Competition Act 1998 to authorise searches of business premises as part of its investigation into suspected breaches of the Chapter I prohibition, namely an alleged market‑sharing arrangement in the supply of waste management services in at least the North West of England and North Wales. Three undertakings are under suspicion:

  • Gaskells (North West) Limited (Gaskells)
  • Ash Waste Services Limited (Ash)
  • Bagnall & Morris Waste Services Limited (B&M)

Information gathered by the CMA suggests all three provide waste management services to customers across both the public and private sectors. The warrants sought concern the head offices of each, plus an additional Ash site believed to be used by that company’s sales team...

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