The UK cartel offence: A purposive interpretation?

Stephan, Andreas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-7338 (2014) The UK cartel offence: A purposive interpretation? Criminal Law Review, 12 (2014). pp. 877-890. ISSN 0011-135X

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Abstract

This article examines the revised cartel offence and in particular the new ‘obtaining legal advice’ defence. It suggests that the defence should be afforded a purposive interpretation by the courts. Read literally, it undermines the offence by defeating the purpose of the legislation and creating an absurdity that runs counter to effective legal policy.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Competition, Markets and Regulation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2014 15:42
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 16:36
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/50488
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