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Find the latest information on the OFT's action in market-based areas.
We focus on outcomes which add value to both markets and consumers through effective prioritisation, investigation and improved legal certainty. We use the entire range of policy and enforcement instruments available to the OFT in tackling problems within markets.
We use our prioritisation framework to assess cases. This is part of our commitment to a more targeted and transparent approach to casework. We will develop the framework and apply it across whole range of work carried out by the OFT, including consumer cases and market studies.
We actively investigate markets that may not be working well for consumers by means of market studies or in response to supercomplaints from designated bodies. We may refer a market to the Competition Commission for further investigation where we have reasonable grounds for suspecting that any feature, or a combination of features, of the market is preventing, restricting, or distorting competition in the UK.
In addition, we undertake remedy reviews, which are reviews of undertakings and orders currently in force under the market investigation and merger provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Enterprise Act 2002.
See further information on current and completed market studies.
See further information on current and completed market investigation references.
See further information on current and completed super-complaints.
For further information on current and completed remedy reviews see the Register of Orders and Undertakings.
While some Competition Act 1998 cases are in the public domain, the OFT's policy, which is currently under review, is not to publicise cases until it has made a final decision, or in some circumstances, at an earlier stage in the administrative procedure, for example in relation to interim measures or a provisional decision (Statement of Objections) inviting representations. For this reason most Competition Act cases currently being investigated by the OFT are not in the public domain.
A full list of decisions can be see on the Competition Act 1998 Public Register.
Further information is available on the Competition Act 1998 and the application of Articles 81 and 82, including published guidance and how to make a complaint.
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